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Eupithecia abdera

Eupithecia abdera is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is known from Ecuador, where the holotype, an adult male specimen, was collected at an altitude of 3400 m.

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Eupithecia abdera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. abdera
Binomial name
Eupithecia abdera
Herbulot, 19871

Eupithecia abdera is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is known from Ecuador,2 where the holotype, an adult male specimen, was collected at an altitude of 3400 m.3

The holotype was DNA sequenced as part of a study involving 3846 geometrid type specimens, and has been included in the Barcode of Life Data System as part of the dataset DS-GEOTYPES.45

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References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Eupithecia abdera Herbulot 1987". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Eupithecia abdera​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  3. "Eupithecia abdera | DNA-Barcoding". SNSB–Zoologische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  4. Hausmann, Axel; Miller, Scott E.; Holloway, Jeremy D.; deWaard, Jeremy R.; Pollock, David; Prosser, Sean W.J.; Hebert, Paul D.N. (September 2016). "Calibrating the taxonomy of a megadiverse insect family: 3000 DNA barcodes from geometrid type specimens (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)". Genome. 59 (9). Supplementary material. doi:10.1139/gen-2015-0197. hdl:1807/73475. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  5. "Specimen Record". boldsystems.org. Retrieved 21 January 2023.