Eupithecia serpentigena

Eupithecia serpentigena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species: E. serpentigena
Binomial name
Eupithecia serpentigena
Mironov & Galsworthy, 2006[1]

Eupithecia serpentigena is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is endemic to China (Sichuan).[2]

The wingspan is about 21 millimetres (0.83 in). The forewings are pale grey, but darker at the apex and marginal area and the hindwings are clear white, marked with grey-brown shading in the area of the anal margin.

References

  1. โ†‘ Taxapad
  2. โ†‘ Mironov, V.G.; A.C. Galsworthy; D. Xue & K. Yazaki (2006). "New species of Eupithecia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from China, Part V." (PDF). 57 (4). Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan: 335โ€“353.
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