Eupithecia uliata Staudinger, 1897

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 : 109

Eupithecia uliata Staudinger, 1897

Eupithecia uliata Staudinger, 1897 , Deutsche Entomologische Zeitung, Iris (1896) 9 (2): 281. Lectotype ♀ (designated by Mironov et al., 2011; coll. O. Staudinger in MNHU, examined), [ Mongolia]: Uliassutai [= Uliastay or Javhlant].

Eupithecia recens Dietze, 1904 , Deutsche Entomologische Zeitung, Iris [1903] 16 (2): 349, taf. 3, fig. 26. Syntype (s) 3 (coll. K. Dietze in MNHU, examined), Central Asia [ China]: Kuku-Noor (near lake); [ Russia]: Sidimi (synonymised in Mironov & Galsworthy, 2013).

Eup[ithecia] recens var. creta Dietze, 1908 , Deutsche Entomologische Zeitung, Iris 21 (2): 172, taf. 2, fig. 29. Syntype (s) ♂ (coll. K. Dietze in MNHU, examined), [Central Asia].

Eupithecia extrinseca Vojnits & de Laever, 1978, Acta zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 24 (1–2): 247, fig. 24. Holotype ♀ ( ZFMK, examined), [ China]: South Shensi, Tapaishan in Tsinling, 3000 m (synonymised in Mironov & Galsworthy, 2013).

Misidentification: Eupithecia repentina: sensu Mironov, 1990 (for Mongolia) (nec Vojnits & de Laever, 1978).

This species has long been known as E. recens Dietze. The male and female genitalia of this species were described and illustrated by de Laever (1960) under this name. However a study by the authors of the worn type specimen of E. uliata and its genitalia in the collection of MNHU, Berlin ( Fig. 18 ) reveals that it belongs to the same species. The name E. uliata has precedence. Mongolia (aimags): Khuvsgul, Tuv.

Figures

FIGURES 17 – 19. Eupithecia adults (scale bar = 10 mm). 17. E. sutiliata Christoph, 1876 (lectotype, coll. ZISP, with labels); 18. E. uliata Staudinger, 1897 (holotype, coll. MNHU, with labels); 19. E. absinthiata f. lunata Dietze, 1910 (holotype, coll. MNHU, with labels).