Eupithecia repentina explained

Eupithecia repentina is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to eastern Russia, Korea, China and Japan.[1]

The species was introduced with its foodplant (Mosla dianthera) to a small park in Novomoskovsk (Tula Province, Russia) between 1950 and 1990. This small area now supports a small population of the species.[2]

The wingspan is about 19–21 mm.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220911/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=444833 Fauna Europaea
  2. http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Eupithecia_Repentina lepiforum.de
  3. Web site: Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera : Gometridae : Larentiinae) from Korea(I) . 2019-08-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305062647/http://www.koreascience.or.kr/search/articlepdf_ocean.jsp?url=http%3A%2F%2Focean.kisti.re.kr%2Fdownfile%2Fvolume%2Fentomo%2FOOGCBV%2F1992%2Fv31n4%2FOOGCBV_1992_v31n4_461.pdf . 2016-03-05 . dead .

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