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Issue: Vol. 4272 No. 2: 29 May 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-05-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.2.10
Page range: 291–295
Abstract views: 70
PDF downloaded: 5

Eupithecia gypsophilata, a new species in the graphata species group of the genus Eupithecia Curtis (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae)

Aamosen 1, Ollerup, DK-5762, Vester Skerninge, Denmark.
Zoological Institute RAS, Universitetskaya nab. 1, RU-199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Radewiese 1, DE-21493 Schwarzenbek, Germany.
Taxonomy Spain Lepidoptera

Abstract

A new species of the geometrid genus Eupithecia is described from Spain: Eupithecia gypsophilata sp. n. This species belongs to the graphata species group and is somewhat similar externally to Eupithecia gemellata Herrich-Schäffer, 1861.

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