Kaszab Zoltán (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 73. (Budapest 1981)

Vojnits, A.: Data to the Eupithecia fauna of Asia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)

tubiform, sclerotized. Tergite VIII quadratic. Both anterior and posterior apophyses short. Papillae anales small and very densely setose (Fig. 2). B i o 1 o g y —First stages and foodplant unknown. All known imagos have been captured in July. Distribution — Known from Pakistan. Locus typicus: Swat, Gabral valley, 2100 m. Specific differences — Standing nearest to Eupithecia venosata F., the new species differs externally mainly by the more greyish tint of the basic colour and the more marked pattern. The genitalia are also similar, but those of the new species display an overall heavier sclerotization and more robust configuration. Holotype 0 * : "W-Pakistan Swat, N v. Kalam Gabral-Tal, 2100 m 6.-9.7.1969 G. Ebert leg." "Gen. prep. No. 12.093 çf Dr. A. Vojnits Budapest TTM". Paratypen: with the same data: 4 çfçf, 3 9 9 i Swat, Kalam, 2000 m, 9.7.1969, l çf, I 9 • —' Holotype deposited in the Landessammlungen für Naturkunde, Karlsruhe, paratypes in Karlsruhe and in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. Slides : Nos. 12.093, 12.094, 12.095, 12.096, 12.097, 12.101 (çfçf), 12.098, 12.099, 12.100, 12.102 (9 9); ê en- prep. A. Mészár and A. Vojnits. 2. Eupithecia producta sp. n. (Fig. 3) (Derivation of specific name: productus — elongated) Diagnosis •— Average wing expanse 19 mm, extreme values 18 and 20 mm (based on 4 fe­male specimens). A species with elongated wings: apex of fore wing elongated, hind wing short. Basic colour of fore wing yellowish brown. Antemedian hardly, postmedian obscurely, discernible. •

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