Eupithecia quadripunctata

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| image = Eupithecia tricornuta.JPG

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| genus = Eupithecia

| species = quadripunctata

| authority = Warren, 1888{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82873332 |title=Eupithecia quadripunctata Warren 1888 |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325031641/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82873332 |archive-date=March 25, 2016}}

| synonyms =

  • Eupithecia tricornuta Inoue, 1988
  • Eupithecia abiecta Vojnits, 1980

}}

Eupithecia quadripunctata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Russia, China (Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Heilongjiang),{{LepIndex|id=222700}} Taiwan, Korea, Japan[http://www.jpmoth.org/Geometridae/Larentiinae/Eupithecia_quadripunctata.html Japanese Moths] and northern Thailand.{{aut|Mironov, V.G.; A.C. Galsworthy & K. Yazaki}}, 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. Abstract: [http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110007482595/en]

The wingspan is about {{convert|15–25|mm}}. There are two generations per year. The aestival brood is much smaller than the vernal brood.{{Cite web |url=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 |title=Taxonomic Review of the Genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Larentiinae) from Korea (II) |access-date=2013-04-04 |archive-date=2016-02-04 |archive-url=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 |url-status=dead }}

References

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  • {{aut|Mironov, V.G., A.C. Galsworthy & U. Ratzel}}, 2008, A survey of the Eupithecia fauna (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of the Western Himalayas: Part 2, Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 59 (2): 117-143.
  • {{aut|Mironov, V.G.; A.C. Galsworthy & K. Yazaki}}, 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. Abstract: [http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110007482595/en].

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Category:Moths described in 1888

quadripunctata

Category:Moths of Asia

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