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

3. Eupithecia ingrata sp. n. (Fig. 4) (Derivation of specific name: ingratus = ungrateful) Diagnosis — Wing expanse 18 mm (based on the two known female specimens). Wings elongated, both fore and hind wings rather narrow and long. Basic colour of fore wing fuscous. Antemedian a narrow and highly convex line, postmedian a wide and yellowish stripe. Discal spot black, elongated, very near postmedian; discal spot connected by a black row of spots with costa and dorsum each. Terminal field with an obsolete submarginal stripe. Hind wing brownish yellow, discal spot hardly discernible. Underside of wings shiny yellowish brown, pattern obsolete, discal spots marked. Cilia short, striated brown and dirty yellow. Genitalia. 9

: Bursa copulatrix widely angle-shaped, its two-thirds partially padded with robust chitinous spines. Tergite VIII a lying oblong. Anterior apophyses short and thick, posterior ones medium long. Papillae anales relatively large (Fig. 4). -— çf : unknown. Biology — First stages and foodplant unknown. The two known specimens have been collected in July. Distribution — Known from Pakistan. Locus typicus: Swat, Gabral valley, 2100 m. Specific differences — Apparently referable to the alliance of Eupithecia sinuosaria Ev., but differs essentially both in the configuration of the female genitalia and in external morphology. Figs. 5-7. Female genitalia of: 5 = Eupithecia infecunda sp. n., 6 = E. likiangi VOJNITS, 7 = E. repetita sp. n.