Eupithecia relaxata Dietze, 1904

Mironov, Vladimir & Galsworthy, Anthony, 2014, A survey of Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) in Mongolia with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 3774 (2), pp. 101-130 : 113

Eupithecia relaxata Dietze, 1904

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[ Eupithecia ] unedonata var. relaxata Dietze, 1904 , Deutsche Entomologische Zeitung, Iris [1903] 16 (2): 367, taf. 5, fig. 17. Holotype ♀ (coll. K. Dietze in MNHU, examined), Central Asia [ Iran]: Schakuh.

[ Eupithecia ] unedonata var. relaxata ab. costisignata Dietze, 1904 , Deutsche Entomologische Zeitung, Iris [1903] 16 (2): 367, taf. 5, figs 18, 19. Syntypes 11, at least 4♂, 3♀ (coll. K. Dietze and R. Püngeler in MNHU, examined), Central Asia [ Iran]: Schakuh; [ China]: Korla (synonymised in Dietze, 1913).

Eupithecia pamiri Vojnits, 1988 , Annales historico-naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 80: 81, pl. 1, figs 3–5; pl. 4, figs 25– 28. Holotype ♂ (ZISP, examined), [ Tajikistan]: Pamir merid. occid., Mts. Schachdarensis, cliv. sepir, Fl. Seiojdara, 3250 m (synonymised in Mironov et al., 2008b).

Misidentification: Eupithecia emittens Inoue, 1996 (at least 1♀ paratype in ZISP).

This is a very characteristic species from the “ innotata ” group, occurring from Iran and Turkmenistan (Kopet-Dagh Range) in the west to Mongolia in the east. Very common in the mountain areas of Central Asia, especially in the Pamirs and Western Himalayas. It was recorded for the fauna of Mongolia under the name E. costisignata Dietze by Vojnits (1977). The male and female genitalia of this species were described and illustrated in de Laever (1960) as E. costisignata . Mongolia (aimags): Bayan-Ulgii, Govi-Altai, Khovd, Uvs.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 16. Eupithecia adults (scale bar = 10 mm). 9. E. munguata Mironov & Galsworthy, sp. n. (holotype); 10. E. impolita Vojnits, 1980 (Mongolia); 11. E. kuldschaensis Staudinger, 1892 (Mongolia); 12. E. rubeni Viidalepp, 1976 (Russia, S. Primorje); 13. E. vicariata Dietze, 1904 (Mongolia); 14. E. illaborata Dietze, 1904 (Mongolia); 15 E. bastelbergeri Dietze, 1910 (Mongolia); 16. E. relaxata Dietze, 1904 (China, Heilongjiang).