Eupithecia subbrunneata 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 : 110-111

Eupithecia subbrunneata Dietze, 1904

Eup[ithecia] ab. subbrunneata Dietze, 1904 , Deutsche Entomologische Zeitung, Iris [1903] 16 (2): 371. Syntypes 15, at least 2♂, 6♀ (coll. O. Staudinger in MNHU, examined), [ China]: Korla; Aksu; Nord Tibet.

[ Eupithecia ] (ab.) subbrunneata ab. amita Dietze, 1904, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitung, Iris [1903] 16 (2): 372, taf. 3, fig. 24. Syntypes 10, at least 4♂, 2♀ (coll. K. Dietze and R. Püngeler in MNHU, examined), [ China]: North Tibet.

[ Eupithecia ] subbrunneata f. patruelis Dietze, 1906, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitung, Iris 19 (2): taf. 2, fig. 22. Syntypes 2♂ (coll. K. Dietze in MNHU, examined), [ China]: Korla.

Eup[ithecia] suboxydata f. amita pallida Dietze, 1910, Biologie der Eupithecien 1: taf. 73, fig. 391; taf. 85, fig. 979; ibidem (1913), 2: 109. Holotype (coll. K. Dietze in MNHU, not traced), As(ien) [ China]: Aksu.

[ Eupithecia ] subbrunneata f. cinnamomeata Dietze, 1910, Biologie der Eupithecien 1: taf. 73, figs 392, 393 (as Eup. suboxydata f. subbrunneata ), taf. 85, figs 980, 981; ibidem (1913), 2: 109. Syntypes 12♂, 1♀ (coll. K. Dietze in MNHU, examined), [ China]: Juldus, Ili-Gebiet, Urumtschi (Ost-Turkestan).

Catarina carissima Vojnits & de Laever, 1973, Acta zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 19 (3–4): 434, figs 2A–B, 3A, 6A–B, 7A, 10A. Holotype ♀ (coll. O. Staudinger in MNHU, examined), [ Russia]: Suifun (synonymised in Inoue, 1998).

Catarina dolosa Vojnits, 1977, Acta zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 23 (3–4): 467, fig. 4. Holotype ♂ (TTM, examined), Mongolia: Central aimak, SE of Somon Bajanzogt, 1600 m (synonymised in Mironov, 2003).

Catarina necessaria Vojnits, 1977, Acta zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 23 (3–4): 469, fig. 6. Holotype ♀ (TTM, examined), Mongolia: Uburchangaj aimak, Arc Bogdo ul., 20 km S of Somon Chovd, 1760 m (synonymised in Mironov, 2003).

Misidentification: Eupithecia hannemanni Vojnits & de Laever, 1973 (1♀ paratype in ZFMK).

A variable species, widely distributed from the northern Tien-Shan Mts. through north-western China, southern Siberia and Mongolia eastwards to far eastern Russia (Primorje). It was first recorded for the fauna of Mongolia by Vojnits (1974) as Catarina carissima Vojnits & de Laever, 1973. Mongolia (aimags): Bayan-Khongor, Bayan- Ulgii, Bulgan, Govi-Altai, Tuv, Uvurkhangai.