Eupithecia gigantea
| Eupithecia gigantea | |
|---|---|
 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Eupithecia |
| Species: | E. gigantea |
| Binomial name | |
| Eupithecia gigantea Staudinger, 1897[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Eupithecia gigantea is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the Russian Far East,[2] Japan and Korea.
The wingspan is about 27 mm. The ground colour of the wings is greyish.[3] It is very similar to Eupithecia abietaria. The larvae feed within the cones of Pinus strobus and Abies sachalinensis.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eupithecia gigantea.
Wikispecies has information related to Eupithecia gigantea.
- ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia gigantea Staudinger 1897". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
- ↑ Larentiinae (Geometridae) collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
- ↑ "Taxonomic Review of the Genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Larentiinae) from Korea (II)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2013-04-04.