Eupithecia repentina

Eupithecia repentina is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to eastern Russia, Korea, China and Japan.[2]

Eupithecia repentina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Eupithecia
Species:
E. repentina
Binomial name
Eupithecia repentina
Vojnits & de Laever, 1978[1]

The species was introduced with its foodplant (Mosla dianthera) to a small park in Novomoskovsk (Tula Province, Russia) between 1950 and 1990. This small area now supports a small population of the species.[3]

The wingspan is about 19–21 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is mostly dark brown, but partly greyish. The hindwings are brownish yellow.[4]

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia repentina Vojnits & Laever 1978". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. lepiforum.de
  4. "Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera : Gometridae : Larentiinae) from Korea(I)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2019-08-12.


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