Eupithecia fulvidorsata Mironov & Galsworthy, 2006

Mironov, Vladimir & Šumpich, Jan, 2022, New species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from China Part IX, Zootaxa 5219 (3), pp. 276-286 : 285

Eupithecia fulvidorsata Mironov & Galsworthy, 2006

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Eupithecia fulvidorsata Mironov & Galsworthy, 2006 , Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 57 (4): 343, figs 6, 21. Holotype ♂ (ZFMK; examined), China, prov. Shaanxi, Foping Nature Reserve , Panda area , 33°45ʹ N, 107°48ʹ E, 1600 m.

Examined material: 1 ♂, China, NW Yunnan, Nu Jiang valley , 15.– 16.5.2018, 2100–2400 m, R. Butvila & Saldaitis leg. Gen. prep. J. Procházka 20177; Photo J. Šumpich 22/128 ( NMPC) .

Note. This species was described on the basis of two males from Shaanxi province and two females from Nepal (Ganesh Himal). A new species for Yunnan province. The male genitalia are illustrated ( Fig. 21 ).

Figures

FIGURES 13–17. Eupithecia adults, China (scale bar = 10 mm). 13. E. solianikovi Viidalepp, 1988; 14. E. supercastigata Inoue, 1958; 15. E. ensifera Mironov & Galsworthy, 2004, male; 16. E. ensifera Mironov & Galsworthy, 2004, female; 17. E. fulvidorsata Mironov & Galsworthy, 2006.

FIGURES 18–21. Male genitalia of Eupithecia species (scale bar = 1mm). 18. E. voraria sp. n. Holotype; 19. E. supercastigata Inoue, 1958; 20. E. ensifera Mironov & Galsworthy, 2004; 21. E. fulvidorsata Mironov & Galsworthy, 2006; a—lateral view; b—view from the opposite side.