Eupithecia abdera explained

Eupithecia abdera is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is known from Ecuador, where the holotype, an adult male specimen, was collected at an altitude of 3400 m.^[1]

The holotype was DNA sequenced as part of a study involving 3846 geometrid type specimens, and has been included in the Barcode of Life Data System as part of the dataset DS-GEOTYPES.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eupithecia abdera DNA-Barcoding . SNSB–Zoologische Staatssammlung München . 21 January 2023.
2. Hausmann . Axel . Miller . Scott E. . Holloway . Jeremy D. . deWaard . Jeremy R. . Pollock . David . Prosser . Sean W.J. . Hebert . Paul D.N. . Calibrating the taxonomy of a megadiverse insect family: 3000 DNA barcodes from geometrid type specimens (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) . Genome . September 2016 . 59 . 9 . 10.1139/gen-2015-0197 . 21 January 2023 . Supplementary material. 1807/73475 . free .
3. Web site: Specimen Record . boldsystems.org . 21 January 2023.