Eupithecia gigantea explained

Eupithecia gigantea is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the Russian Far East,[1] Japan and Korea.

The wingspan is about 27 mm. The ground colour of the wings is greyish.[2]

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

Notes and References

  1. http://szmn.eco.nsc.ru/Lepidop/Geometr/larent.htm Larentiinae (Geometridae) collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
  2. Web site: Taxonomic Review of the Genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Larentiinae) from Korea (II) . 2013-04-04 . 2016-02-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160204154513/http://www.koreascience.or.kr/search/articlepdf_ocean.jsp?url=http%3A%2F%2Focean.kisti.re.kr%2Fdownfile%2Fvolume%2Fentomo%2FOOGCBV%2F1993%2Fv32n4%2FOOGCBV_1993_v32n4_440.pdf . dead .

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