A survey of the Eupithecia fauna (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) of the Western Himalayas: Part I

V. G. MIRONOV; A. C. GALSWORTHY; U. RATZEL; Katsumi Yazaki

doi:10.18984/lepid.59.1_55

V. G. MIRONOV, A. C. GALSWORTHY, U. RATZEL, Katsumi Yazaki

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Keywords: Kashmir (Pakistan, India), Eupitheciini (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), revision, taxomony, synonymy, distribution, new species, Eupithecia phaea Mironov & Galsworthy, sp. n., Eupithecia dalhousiensis Mironov & Galsworthy, sp. n., Eupithecia thomasi Mironov & Galsworthy, sp. n., Eupithecia vinibua Mironov & Galsworthy, sp. n., Eupithecia karli Ratzel & Mironov, sp. n., Eupithecia bestia Mironov & Galsworthy, sp. n.

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2008 Volume 59 Issue 1 Pages 55-77

DOI https://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.59.1_55

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Abstract

In the three parts of this paper to be published, 80 species of Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) are recorded for the fauna of Kashmir and adjacent territories of Pakistan and India, more than doubling the previously recorded total. The type specimens of the majority of these species were studied; lectotypes are designated where appropriate. Fourteen new species and one new subspecies of Eupithecia are described; one taxon (Eupithecia mesodeicta Prout, 1938) is raised, and three restored, to species rank; 30 species names are synonymised and a large number of species are recorded as new for the fauna of Kashmir or adjacent areas of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.

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