Eupithecia gigantea is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the Russian Far East,[2] Japan and Korea.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Eupithecia |
| Species: | E. gigantea
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| Eupithecia gigantea Staudinger, 1897[1]
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The wingspan is about 27 mm. The ground colour of the wings is greyish.[3]
The larvae feed within the cones of Pinus strobus and Abies sachalinensis.
References
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- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia gigantea Staudinger 1897". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
- ^ Larentiinae (Geometridae) collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
- ^ "Taxonomic Review of the Genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Larentiinae) from Korea (II)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
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