Euchristophia

Euchristophia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1979. It contains only one species, Euchristophia cumulata, described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1880, which is found in Taiwan, Japan and the Russian Far East.[1]

Euchristophia
Euchristophia cumulata meridionalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Euchristophia

D. S. Fletcher, 1979
Species:
E. cumulata
Binomial name
Euchristophia cumulata
(Christoph, 1880)
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Pogonitis Christoph, 1881

Species:

  • Pogonitis cumulata Christoph, 1881
  • Pogonitis sinobia Wehrli, 1939

The wingspan is 21–25 mm.[2]

Subspecies
  • Euchristophia cumulata cumulata (Japan)
  • Euchristophia cumulata meridionalis Inoue, 1986 (Taiwan)
  • Euchristophia cumulata sinobia (Wehrli, 1939)

References
  1. Colour Atlas of the Siberian Lepidoptera
  2. Japanese Moths
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Savela, Markku. "Euchristophia Fletcher, 1979". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 25, 2018.


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