''Eupithystis'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

moth genus 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 contains only one species, ''Eupithystis infuscata'' which is found on

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java Isl ...

and Sumatra.The Moths of Borneo
/ref> The habitat consists of lowland forests.

References

External links

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Moths described in 1899 Eupitheciini Taxa named by William Warren (entomologist) Moth genera {{Eupitheciini-stub