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Issue: Vol. 5793 No. 2: 16 Apr. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-04-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5793.2.5
Page range: 460-480
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An annotated checklist of the genus Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) of Uzbekistan with description of a new species

Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences; St. Petersburg 199034; Russia
Altai State University; 61 Lenin Ave.; Barnaul 656049; Russia
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences; St. Petersburg 199034; Russia
Lepidoptera geometrid moths Eupitheciini Central Asia biodiversity distribution

Abstract

The article provides an annotated checklist of 26 species of geometrid moths of the genus Eupithecia Curtis, 1825, recorded from Uzbekistan. For some species, illustrations of adults and genitalia are included. A new species from the Kugitang Range is described and illustrated: Eupithecia kugitangica Mironov & Naydenov sp. nov. Two species, namely Eupithecia illaborata Dietze, 1904 and Eupithecia kostjuki Mironov, 1989 are reported for the first time from the fauna of Uzbekistan.

 

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Mironov, V.G., Naydenov, A.E. & Makhov, I.A. (2026) An annotated checklist of the genus Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) of Uzbekistan with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 5793 (2), 460–480. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5793.2.5