Eupithecia gigantea

Eupithecia gigantea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Genus:Eupithecia
Species: E. gigantea
Binomial name
Eupithecia gigantea
Synonyms
  • Cidaria karafutonis Matsumura, 1925

Eupithecia gigantea is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the Russian Far East,[2] Japan and Korea.

The wingspan is about 27 mm. The ground colour of the wings is greyish.[3]

The larvae feed within the cones of Pinus strobus and Abies sachalinensis.

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