Eupithecia centaureata

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 : 114-115

Eupithecia centaureata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Geometra centaureata [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775, Systematische Verzeichnis der Schmetterlinge der Wienergegend: 114. Syntype (s) lost, [ Austria]: Vienna district.

Eupithecia oblongata var. centralisata Staudinger, 1892 , Deutsche Entomologische Zeitung, Iris 5 (1): 250. Syntypes 13, at least 5♂, 6♀ (coll. O. Staudinger in MNHU, examined), Central Asia: [ Uzbekistan]: Margelan; Namangan; Samarkand; [ Kyrgyzstan]: Alexander Mts.; [ Kazakhstan]: Saisan.

Eup[ithecia] oblongata f. obscura Dietze, 1910, Biologie der Eupithecien 1: taf. 70, fig. 132; ibidem (1913), 2: 63. Syntypes 6, at least 4♀ (coll. K. Dietze in MNHU, examined), [ Kyrgyzstan]: Alai Mts.; [ Kazakhstan]: Uralsk; [ Italy]: southern Tyrol.

Eupithecia centaureata dsharkendi Vojnits, 1977 , Acta zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 23 (1–2): 230, fig. 3. Holotype ♀ (ZFMK, examined), [ Kazakhstan]: Dsharkend, Semiretschensk.

Eupithecia chinae Vojnits, 1977 , Acta zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 23 (1–2): 231, figs 4, 5b. Holotype ♂ (ZFMK, now in TTM, examined), China: Shantung Province, Tai-shan, 1550 m (synonymised in Mironov & Galsworthy, 2007).

This species has a huge distribution area extending from Ireland, Portugal and Morocco in the west to the Chinese province of Guangdong and Taiwan in the south-east ( Mironov & Galsworthy, 2007). It is very common in Mongolia. Mongolia (aimags): Bulgan, Dornod, Dundgovi, Govi-Altai, Khentii, Khovd, Khuvsgul, Sukhbaatar, Tuv.