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Eupithecia propagata

Eupithecia propagata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in India, Nepal, Bhutan and China. It is on wing from late July to late October.

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Eupithecia propagata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. propagata
Binomial name
Eupithecia propagata
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia iracunda Vojnits, 19882
  • Eupithecia beneficiaria Vojnits, 19882
  • Eupithecia beneficaria Vojnits, 1988 (misspelling)2

Eupithecia propagata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in India, Nepal,3 Bhutan and China.2 It is on wing from late July to late October.2

Adults have rusty brown forewings with a number of black and white markings, and off-white hindwings with a dark streak along the posterior edge and corner. It is smaller and darker than Eupithecia refertissima, which it otherwise resembles in outward appearance.2

References

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia propagata Prout 1926". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. Mironov, Vladimir; Galsworthy, Sir Anthony Charles (1 November 2013). The Eupithecia of China: A Revision. BRILL. pp. 220–222. ISBN 978-90-04-25453-4. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  3. Mironov, V.G., A.C. Galsworthy & U. Ratzel, 2008, A survey of the Eupithecia fauna (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of the Western Himalayas: Part 3, Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 59 (3): 201-224.