Eupithecia ensifera Mironov & Galsworthy, 2004

Mironov, Vladimir & Šumpich, Jan, 2022, New species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from China Part IX, Zootaxa 5219 (3), pp. 276-286 : 285

Eupithecia ensifera Mironov & Galsworthy, 2004

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Eupithecia ensifera Mironov & Galsworthy, 2004 , Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 55 (4): 298, figs 11, 24, 27. Holotype ♀ (IZCAS; examined), China, Qinghai, Tongren, Maixiu , 2950 m.

Examined material: 1 ♂, China, NW., Sichuan near Maniganggo , 31°47ʹ22ʺ N, 99°23ʹ27ʺ E, 30.6. 2019, 3860 m, R. Butvila & Saldaitis leg. Photo / Gen. prep. J. Šumpich 22/122 ( NMPC) .

Note. This species was known only from Qinghai province and only on the basis of four specimens. A new species for the fauna of Sichuan province. The male and female genitalia of Sichuan specimens are illustrated ( Figs 20 , 28 ).

Figures

FIGURES 13–17. Eupithecia adults, China (scale bar = 10 mm). 13. E. solianikovi Viidalepp, 1988; 14. E. supercastigata Inoue, 1958; 15. E. ensifera Mironov & Galsworthy, 2004, male; 16. E. ensifera Mironov & Galsworthy, 2004, female; 17. E. fulvidorsata Mironov & Galsworthy, 2006.

FIGURES 18–21. Male genitalia of Eupithecia species (scale bar = 1mm). 18. E. voraria sp. n. Holotype; 19. E. supercastigata Inoue, 1958; 20. E. ensifera Mironov & Galsworthy, 2004; 21. E. fulvidorsata Mironov & Galsworthy, 2006; a—lateral view; b—view from the opposite side.

FIGURES 27–28. Female genitalia of Eupithecia species (scale bar = 1mm). 27. E. solianikovi Viidalepp, 1988; 28. E. ensifera Mironov & Galsworthy, 2004.