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Eupithecia relaxata

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Eupithecia relaxata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. relaxata
Binomial name
Eupithecia relaxata
Dietze, 1904[1]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia unedonata var. relaxata Dietze, 1904
  • Eupithecia costisignata Dietze, 1904
  • Eupithecia pamiri Vojnits, 1988
  • Eupithecia vicariata Dietze, 1903
  • Eupithecia adjunctata Dietze, 1904

Eupithecia relaxata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Afghanistan, Turkmenistan (the Kopet-Dagh Mountains), Iran, Tajikistan (the Pamir Mountains), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan (the Tien-Shan Mountains), Pakistan (Baltistan), Jammu & Kashmir, India (the Ladakh Range), north-western China (Xinjiang) and Mongolia (the Mongol Altai Mountains).[2]

There are two generations per year. Adults of the second generation are smaller than the first.

The larvae have been found in scrub woodland on Amygdalus spartioides in Iran.

References

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  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia relaxata Dietze 1904". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
  2. ^ Mironov, V.G. & Ratzel, U., 2012: Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 of Afghanistan (Geometridae: Larentiinae). Nota Lepidopterologica 35 (2): 197-231. Full article: "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2014-08-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link).