Eupithecia vicariata Dietze, 1904

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 : 113

* Eupithecia vicariata Dietze, 1904

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Eup[ithecia] vicariata Dietze, 1904 , Deutsche Entomologische Zeitung, Iris [1903] 16 (2): 343, pl. 3, fig. 17. Syntypes 3, at least 1♂, 1♀ (coll. K. Dietze in MNHU; examined), [ Tajikistan]: Sarafscham [= Zerafshan], 2500 m.

Eup[ithecia] vicariata var. adjunctata Dietze, 1904 , Deutsche Entomologische Zeitung, Iris [1903] 16 (2): 344, pl. 3, fig. 18. Syntypes 1♂, 2♀ (coll. R. Püngeler and K. Dietze in MNHU; examined), [ China]: Korla, Sai-Chin.

Eup[ithecia]?sp./f. privata Dietze, 1910 , Biologie der Eupithecien 1: pl. 75, fig. 545; ibidem (1913), 2: 137. Holotype ♀ (coll. R. Püngeler in MNHU; examined), Cent(ral) As(ia): Tura (synonymised in Mironov & Galsworthy, 2013).

Eupithecia costisignata f. lutulenta Dietze, 1913, Biologie der Eupithecien 2: 137. Syntypes 1♂, 1♀ (coll. K. Dietze in MNHU; examined), [ Kazakhstan]: Yarkend, Mus-tag-ata (synonymised in Mironov & Galsworthy, 2013).

Eupithecia proprivata Vojnits, 1982 , Annales historico-naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 74: 224, fig. 8. Type ♀ (coll. R. Püngeler in MNHU; examined), Centr(al) Asia [ Turkmenistan]: Tura. [Objective synonym of Eupithecia privata Dietze, 1910 ] (synonymised in Mironov & Galsworthy, 2013).

Misidentification: Eupithecia omnigera Vojnits, 1988 (nec Vojnits, 1982) (at least 1♂ and 2♀ in ZISP).

A little-known Central Asian species belonging to the “ innotata ” group, recorded for Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, south-eastern Kazakhstan and the western Chinese province of Xinjiang. Not previously recorded from Mongolia.

Material examined. 1♂, SW Mongolia, Hovd aimak, Bodonchijn-Gol basin, Hundijn-Gol riv. Valley, 1600 m, 46˚06’N; 92˚30’E, 3–4.vii.2010, leg. V.V. Anikin ( ZISP).

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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).