A survey of Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) in Mongolia with descriptions of two new species

Abstract

The Eupithecia fauna of Mongolia is surveyed in this paper, drawing on previous publications and newly collected material. In total 57 species are recorded. Two species Eupithecia anikini Mironov & Galsworthy, sp. n. and Eupithecia munguata Mironov & Galsworthy, sp. n. are described as new. Twelve species are recorded as new for the fauna of Mongolia, E. olgae, E. illaborata, E. bastelbergeri, E. pusillata, E. actaeata, E. vicariata, E. saisanaria, E. simpliciata, E. impolita, E. assimilata, E. thalictrata and E. exactata. Habitus and genitalia are illustrated for new species, and for little known older species where illustrations are not available in recent papers. A further 2 previously described species are synonymised, E. mongolica Vojnits of E. satyrata Hübner, and E. procera Vojnits of E. exactata Staudinger.

Lepidoptera collected in S. W. Mongolia during expedition in Mongolian Altai in 2022 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

“…In the section "Distribution" the countries in which this species occur are listed. The following sources were used to characterize the distribution (Beljaev & Mironov, 2019;Beljaev, 2016;Gorbunov, 2011;Hausmann, 1993Hausmann, , 2001Mironov & Galsworthy, 2014;Mironov & Ratzel, 2012;Mironov, 2013;Mironov, 2017;Rajaei et al 2023;Vasilenko & Belousov, 2021;Vasilenko & Mironov, 2021;Vasilenko, 2006;Vasilenko, 2019;Viidalepp, 1975Viidalepp, -1979Viidalepp, , 1988Viidalepp, , 1996.The species new for Mongolia are marked with asterisk. Some notes on distribution, results of DNAbarcoding and additional information are given in the separate section.…”

A new species of Eupithecia Curtis (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from the Andes of northern Chile

“…Despite this impressive number, new species continue to be discovered in different parts of the world (e.g. Ferris 2007;Mironov and Ratzel 2012;Mironov and Galsworthy 2014;Skou et al 2017;Seven et al 2019).…”

Check-list of Macroheterocera (Insecta, Lepidoptera) collected in 2019 in Mongolia by Russian entomological expeditions

“…A great progress in the study of the Mongolian fauna has been achieved during the recent half a century. A big number of works have been published on the Mongolian fauna of Macroheterocera, including summaries on several groups (Daniel 1965(Daniel −1973Alberti 1971;Viidalepp 1973Viidalepp , 1975Vojnits 1974Vojnits −1979Derzhavets 1977;Viidalepp & Solyanikov 1977;Efetov, Gorbunov & Tarmann 2012;Mironov & Galsworthy 2014;Yakovlev 2015;Yakov lev et al 2015;Morozov et al 2016;Enkhtur, Boldgiv & Pfeiffer 2020). Though the entomological study of the region still remains insufficient.…”