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Morphology and Biology of the Preimaginal Stages of Some Species of the Genus Eupithecia Curt. (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)

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The biology, host plants, and statial distribution of 17 species of the genus Eupithecia Curt. (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from different regions of Asia (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, the Russian Far East) are briefly described. The larval and pupal morphology is described for 14 species.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am sincerely grateful to G.Yu. Konechnaya, G.L. Kudryashova, and O.V. Cherneva (Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg) for help with identification of plants, and to S.A. Belokobylskij, D.R. Kasparyan, the late V.A. Richter (Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg), and A.V. Sharkov (USA) for identifying the dipteran and hymenopteran parasitoids. I also thank S.Yu. Sinev (Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg) for valuable advice concerning the preparation of this paper.

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Mironov, V.G. Morphology and Biology of the Preimaginal Stages of Some Species of the Genus Eupithecia Curt. (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Entmol. Rev. 101, 45–58 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873821010048

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