Eupithecia sophia

Eupithecia sophia is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is found on the Kuriles,[2] in Japan, Korea and western China.[3]

Eupithecia sophia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. sophia
Binomial name
Eupithecia sophia
Butler, 1878[1]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia sophia ab. simplex Dietze, 1910
  • Eupithecia sophia ab. griseipars Prout, 1938

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is greyish. The hindwings are whitish with greyish transverse lines.

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia sophia Butler 1878". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. Larentiinae (Geometridae) collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
  3. Two New Records of Eupithecia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from Korea
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