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Eupithecia acidalioides

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Eupithecia acidalioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. acidalioides
Binomial name
Eupithecia acidalioides
(Kaye, 1901)[1]
Synonyms
  • Psaliodes acidalioides Kaye, 1901

Eupithecia acidalioides is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Trinidad and French Guiana.[2]

It was first described[a] in 1901 by William James Kaye in his preliminary catalogue of the moths of Trinidad. He described the species as having brownish cream wings, detailed a number of black and blackish markings, and listed a wingspan of 15 mm.[3]

References

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  1. ^ as Psaliodes acidalioides
  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia acidalioides (Kaye 1901)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. ^ "Eupithecia acidalioides (Kaye, 1901)". Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019.
  3. ^ Kaye, William James (1901). "Preliminary Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Heterocera of Trinidad". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London: 148–149. Retrieved 21 January 2023.