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Vojnits, A.: A revision of the "Eupithecia innotata group", I. (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)

Eupithecia sclera ta sp. n. Derivation of specific name : scleratus = calous Diagnosis. Fore wing length of the single known male specimen 11 mm. Wings elongate, but hind wing comparatively wide. Fore wing an isosceles triangle, basic dolour a pale brownish ochreous. Transverse stripes yellow, pale. Costa and venation with minute spots of brown scales. Fore wing without a discal spot, suggested only on underside of wing. Hind wing a pale brownish yellow. Discal spot brown, minute. Underside of wings with obsolete pattern elements, discal spot present on both fore and hind wings. Cilia relatively long, striated brown and brownish yellow. Genitalia, rf : Valva rather short, dorsum straight, ventrum slightly arcuate, apex pointed. Uncus strikingly long, vinculum wide. Aedoeagus short, thick, cylindrical, with a robust and arcuate chitinous tooth and several irregularly shaped chitinous formations. Sternite VIII wide (Fig. 4) ; 9 unknown. Biology. First stages and foodplant unknown. Flight period of imagos in May. Distribution. A Central Asian species. — Locus-typicus

: Lop Nor. Specific differences. Externally unequivocally distinguishable from all related species by the pattern of the fore wings, the absence of the discal spot, and anatomically by the long uncus and the stout sternite VIII. Fig. 2. Female genitalia of Eupithecia recentissima sp. n. — Fig. 3. Female genitalia -of Eupithecia paupera sp. n.