A survey of Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) in Mongolia with descriptions of two new species
Author
Mironov, Vladimir
Author
Galsworthy, Anthony
text
Zootaxa
2014
3774
2
101
130
journal article
46297
10.11646/zootaxa.3774.2.1
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Eupithecia relaxata
Dietze, 1904
(
Fig. 16
)
[
Eupithecia
]
unedonata
var.
relaxata
Dietze, 1904
,
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitung
,
Iris
[1903]
16
(2): 367, taf. 5, fig. 17.
Holotype
♀ (coll. K. Dietze in MNHU, examined), Central Asia [
Iran
]: Schakuh.
[
Eupithecia
]
unedonata
var.
relaxata
ab.
costisignata
Dietze, 1904
,
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitung
,
Iris
[1903]
16
(2): 367, taf. 5, figs 18, 19.
Syntypes
11, at least
4♂
, 3♀ (coll. K. Dietze and R. Püngeler in MNHU, examined), Central Asia [
Iran
]: Schakuh; [
China
]: Korla (synonymised in
Dietze, 1913
).
Eupithecia pamiri
Vojnits, 1988
,
Annales historico-naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici
80
: 81, pl. 1, figs 3–5; pl. 4, figs 25– 28.
Holotype
♂ (ZISP, examined), [
Tajikistan
]: Pamir merid. occid., Mts. Schachdarensis, cliv. sepir, Fl. Seiojdara,
3250 m
(synonymised in
Mironov
et al.
, 2008b
).
Misidentification:
Eupithecia emittens
Inoue, 1996
(at least 1♀
paratype
in ZISP).
This is a very characteristic species from the “
innotata
” group, occurring from
Iran
and
Turkmenistan
(Kopet-Dagh Range) in the west to
Mongolia
in the east. Very common in the mountain areas of Central Asia, especially in the Pamirs and Western Himalayas. It was recorded for the fauna of
Mongolia
under the name
E. costisignata
Dietze
by
Vojnits (1977)
. The male and female genitalia of this species were described and illustrated in de
Laever (1960)
as
E. costisignata
.
Mongolia
(aimags): Bayan-Ulgii, Govi-Altai, Khovd, Uvs.