Eupithecia rubeni Viidalepp, 1976

Mironov, Vladimir & Galsworthy, Anthony, 2014, A survey of Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) in Mongolia with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 3774 (2), pp. 101-130 : 119

Eupithecia rubeni Viidalepp, 1976

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Eupithecia rubeni Viidalepp, 1976 , Nasekomye Mongolii 4: 390, figs 16, 30–33. Holotype ♂ (IAET, examined), USSR [ Russia]: Tuvinskaya ASSR [Tuva], near Kyzyl town.

Eupithecia propria Vojnits, 1977 , Acta zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 23 (3–4): 465, figs 3, 5. Holotype ♂ (TTM, examined), Mongolia: Uvs aimak, Chöndlön gol river, 32 km NW of Ulaangom, 1200 m (synonymised in Viidalepp & Mironov, 1990).

This Asian species is known from Russia (Southern Siberia: Tuva, Transbaikalia), Mongolia and China (Inner Mongolia). It was described from the territory of Mongolia as E. propria Vojnits. Mongolia (aimags): Dornod, Tuv, Uvs.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 16. Eupithecia adults (scale bar = 10 mm). 9. E. munguata Mironov & Galsworthy, sp. n. (holotype); 10. E. impolita Vojnits, 1980 (Mongolia); 11. E. kuldschaensis Staudinger, 1892 (Mongolia); 12. E. rubeni Viidalepp, 1976 (Russia, S. Primorje); 13. E. vicariata Dietze, 1904 (Mongolia); 14. E. illaborata Dietze, 1904 (Mongolia); 15 E. bastelbergeri Dietze, 1910 (Mongolia); 16. E. relaxata Dietze, 1904 (China, Heilongjiang).