Girida rigida explained

Girida rigida is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892.[1] It is found from the Ryukyu Islands through tropical and subtropical south-east Asia to New Caledonia.[2] Records for eastern Africa refer to Girida sporadica, which was promoted to species rank in 2012.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yu . Dicky Sick Ki . Eupithecia rigida Swinhoe 1892 . Home of Ichneumonoidea . Taxapad . https://web.archive.org/web/20160325022147/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82873357 . March 25, 2016.
  2. Mironov, V. G.; Galsworthy, A. C. & Yazaki, K. (2009). "A survey of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) in mainland South East Asia: Part II". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 60 (3): 167-188.
  3. Mironov, V. G. & Galsworthy, A. C. (2012). "A generic level review of Eupithecia Curtis and some closely related genera based on the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Oriental fauna (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae)". Zootaxa. 3587: 46-64.

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