Eupithecia pannosa Mironov & Galsworthy, 2008

Mironov, Vladimir & Šumpich, Jan, 2022, New species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from China. Part VII, Zootaxa 5154 (3), pp. 289-304 : 303

Eupithecia pannosa Mironov & Galsworthy, 2008

( Figs 18–19 , 36 , 41 )

Eupithecia pannosa Mironov & Galsworthy, 2008 , Transactions lepidopterological Society of Japan 59 (2): 126, figs 3, 19, 20. Holotype ♀ (TTM), Pakistan, Kashmir , Himalaya Mts. , Deosai Mts., Bubin village, 74°59ʹE, 35°12.6ʹN, 3,150 m.

Examined material: 1 ♂, China, NW. Yunnan, Nu Jiang valley, Road Lushui / Gulang , 25°58.15ʺ N, 98°47.40ʺ E, 4.iii.2019, H— 2000 m, leg. A. Saldaitis. Gen. prep. J. Procházka 20046, Photo / Prep. Procházka J. ( NMPC) ; 4 ♂, 3 ♀, China, NW. Yunnan, Nu Jiang valley, near Fugong , 5.iii.2019, H— 1800 m, leg. A. Saldaitis ( NMPC) ; 1 ♂, China, NW. Yunnan, Nu Jiang valley, 42 km S. from Fugong Zhi Zi Luo city, H— 2100 m, 26°32.29ʺ N, 98°55.25ʺ E, 9.iii.2019, leg. A. Saldaitis ( NMPC) .

Note. A widespread species from the lariciata species-group ( Bolte 1990) which has been found in north-east Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam ( Mironov & Galsworthy 2009, 2014). It is a new species for the fauna of China.

Figures

FIGURES 16–19. Eupithecia adults, China (scale bar = 10 mm). 16–17. E. matrona Mironov & Galsworthy, 2004; 18–19. E. pannosa Mironov & Galsworthy, 2008.

FIGURES 32–36. Male genitalia and sternite A8 of Eupithecia species (scale bar = 1 mm; detail of uncus enlarged). 32. E. butvilai sp. n. (holotype); 33. E. ursina sp. n. (holotype); 34. E. nesciaria sp. n. (holotype); 35. E. matrona Mironov & Galsworthy, 2004. 36. E. pannosa Mironov & Galsworthy, 2008.

FIGURES 37–41. Female genitalia of Eupithecia species (scale bar = 1mm). 37. E. prochazkai sp. n. (paratype); 38. E. anickae sp. n. (holotype). 39. E. oxycedrata (Rambur, 1833); 40. E. phulchokiana Herbulot, 1984. 41. E. pannosa Mironov & Galsworthy, 2008.