''Eupithecia karli'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
in the family
Geometridae
The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metr ...
. It is found in
Kashmir.
[, 2008, A survey of the ''Eupithecia'' fauna (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of the Western Himalayas: Part 1, ''Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan'' 59 (1): 55-77.]
The
wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ...
is about 19–20 mm. The fore- and hindwings are grey or pale grey.
References
Moths described in 2008
karli
Moths of Asia
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