Eupithecia intricata (Zetterstedt, 1839)

Mironov, Vladimir & Galsworthy, Anthony, 2014, A survey of Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) in Mongolia with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 3774 (2), pp. 101-130 : 115

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.2.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6131763

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scientific name

Eupithecia intricata (Zetterstedt, 1839)
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Eupithecia intricata (Zetterstedt, 1839) View in CoL

Larentia intricata Zetterstedt, 1839 View in CoL , Insecta Lapponica 4 (6): 962. Syntype (s) (MZLU), [ Sweden]: Lapponia. Eup[ithecia] absinthiata View in CoL sp.?/f. lunata Dietze, 1910 View in CoL , Biologie der Eupithecien 1: taf. 71, fig. 190; ibidem (1913), 2: 88. Holotype ♂ (designated by Mironov, 2009; coll. K. Dietze in MNHU, examined), [ China]: Ili, Juldus [Yining region] (synonymised in Mironov & Galsworthy, 2013).

This very variable and widespread Holarctic species has only been reported for Mongolia (Ulassutai) by Staudinger (1897). Specimens of this species from southern Kazakhstan and Mongolia are very similar externally to specimens described from north western China as E. absinthiata View in CoL f. lunata Dietze, 1910 View in CoL ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 17 – 19 ). In our opinion, the male genitalia which are labelled as belonging to the holotype of E. lunata View in CoL (Vojnits slide no. 1183♂) either derive from a gummed abdomen or were mislabelled by Vojnits, and belong to a different species, E. leptogrammata Staudinger View in CoL (= melanochroa Wehrli View in CoL ). The slide is badly prepared: the tegumen together with the uncus and anal tube are separated from the base of the valvae; both valvae are torn apart from their sclerotized dorsal margins and the eighth sternite is missing: the aedeagus with two stout, elongate horn-like cornuti, which are typical for E. leptogrammata View in CoL , is in good condition. Comparison of this slide with the slide of the male genitalia of the syntype of E. leptogrammata View in CoL (de Laever slide no. 14523♂) in the collection of MNHU (Berlin) suggest that the two are identical. The adult insects are however quite different. Mongolia: Zavkhan aimag.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Geometridae

SubFamily

Larentiinae

Genus

Eupithecia

Loc

Eupithecia intricata (Zetterstedt, 1839)

Mironov, Vladimir & Galsworthy, Anthony 2014
2014
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lunata

Dietze 1910
1910
Loc

lunata

Dietze 1910
1910
Loc

Larentia intricata

Zetterstedt 1839
1839
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