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Eupithecia dalhousiensis

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Eupithecia dalhousiensis
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E. dalhousiensis
Binomial name
Eupithecia dalhousiensis
Mironov & Galsworthy, 2008[1]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia interrubrescens ab. dalhousiensis Strand, 1919

Eupithecia dalhousiensis is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in Afghanistan and the western Himalayas (northern Pakistan and northern India).[2]

The wingspan is about 24–29 mm for males and 30–37 mm for females. The fore- and hindwings are pale brown to fawn.[3]

The larvae are thought to feed on the cones of Pinus species.

References

  1. ^ Taxapad
  2. ^ Mironov, V.G. & Ratzel, U., 2012: Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 of Afghanistan (Geometridae: Larentiinae). Nota lepidopterologica 35 (2): 197-231. Full article: [1].
  3. ^ Mironov, V.G. ,A.C. Galsworthy & U. Ratzel, 2008, A survey of the Eupithecia fauna (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of the Western Himalayas: Part 1, Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 59 (1): 55-77.