Galapagos Species Database
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Eupithecia perryvriesi
Antennae of males ciliate, cilia being longer than those of leleupi; those of females very shortly ciliate, with longer posterior pair of setae on each segment. Palpi of both sexes shorter than those of Jeleupi, not extending beyond eye by more than diameter of eye. Males distinguishable by presence of elongate, dense, narrow hair pencil near base of underside of forewing; costal margin of hind wing broadly enlarged and swollen to contain large groove, presumably being used to enclose hair pencil. Upper surface of wings variable in color, with most specimens being brown, and having variable number of black, blackish brown, or grayish brown scales; maculation also variable in strength; discal dot of forewings usually represented. Females more variable in both color and pattern than males, being similar to males, unicolorous brown, pale ocher with just the cross lines showing, or dark brown with broad pale gray median area. Under surface of wings varying from gray to grayish brown; forewings with or without t. p. line represented. Length of the forewing, 7 to 9 mm (Rindge, 1973).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Geometroidea
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Eupithecia
Species
perryvriesi
Taxon category: Accepted
(Rindge, 1973).
Origin: Endemic
Distribution: Isabela, Pinta, San Salvador, Santa Cruz (Rindge, 1973), Fernandina, Floreana, Santiago (Roque, 2006).
- Hayes, A.H. (1975) The larger moths of the Galápagos Islands (Geometroidea: Sphingoidea & Noctuoidea). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., 4th series, 40(7): 145-208.
- Landry, B. Rindge, F.H. (1995) Additions to the Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, including a new species of Eupithecia. American Museum Novitates 3118: 1-10.
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- Rindge, F.H. (1973) The Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galapagos Islands. American Museum Novitates 2510: 1-31.
- Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
- Roque-Albelo, L. (2006) Diversity and ecology of the Lepidoptera in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Cardiff University (United Kingdom)
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"Galapagos Species Database, Eupithecia perryvriesi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7180. Accessed 31 October 2026.