Eupithecia amicula

Eupithecia amicula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. amicula
Binomial name
	Eupithecia amicula; Mironov & Galsworthy, 2005[1]

Eupithecia amicula is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Vladimir G. Mironov and Anthony Charles Galsworthy in 2005. It is found in south-western and western Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Shaanxi.[2]

The wingspan is about 18–20 mm. The forewings are pale grey brown and the hindwings are grey white.

References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Eupithecia Curtis 1825". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on August 11, 2018.
Mironov, V.G.; Galsworthy, A.C. & Xue, D. (2004). "New species of Eupithecia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from China, Part I". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 55 (1): 39-57.

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Eupithecia Curtis 1825". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on August 11, 2018.

[2] Mironov, V.G.; Galsworthy, A.C. & Xue, D. (2004). "New species of Eupithecia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from China, Part I". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 55 (1): 39-57.