Eupithecia bestia

Eupithecia bestia is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Pakistan (the Karakoram Mountains).[2]

Eupithecia bestia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. bestia
Binomial name
Eupithecia bestia
Mironov & Galsworthy, 2008[1]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are unicolorous grey, and the hindwings are also grey, but slightly lighter.

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Eupithecia Curtis 1825". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on August 11, 2018.
  2. Mironov, V.G. ,A.C. Galsworthy & U. Ratzel, 2008, A survey of the Eupithecia fauna (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of the Western Himalayas: Part 1, Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 59 (1): 55-77.


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