Eupithecia sophia

Species of moth

Eupithecia sophia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. sophia
Binomial name
*Eupithecia sophia* Butler, 1878^[1]
Synonyms
Eupithecia sophia ab. simplex Dietze, 1910 Eupithecia sophia ab. griseipars Prout, 1938

Eupithecia sophia is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is found on the Kuriles,^[2] in Japan, Korea and western China.^[3]

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is greyish. The hindwings are whitish with greyish transverse lines.

References

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^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia sophia Butler 1878". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
^ Larentiinae (Geometridae) collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
^ Two New Records of Eupithecia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from Korea