Girida rigida

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Girida rigida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Girida
Species:
G. rigida
Binomial name
Girida rigida
(C. Swinhoe, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia rigida C. Swinhoe, 1892

Girida rigida is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892.[1] It is found from the Ryukyu Islands through tropical and subtropical south-east Asia to New Caledonia.[2] Records for eastern Africa refer to Girida sporadica, which was promoted to species rank in 2012.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia rigida Swinhoe 1892". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. ^ Mironov, V. G.; Galsworthy, A. C. & Yazaki, K. (2009). "A survey of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) in mainland South East Asia: Part II". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 60 (3): 167-188.
  3. ^ Mironov, V. G. & Galsworthy, A. C. (2012). "A generic level review of Eupithecia Curtis and some closely related genera based on the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Oriental fauna (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae)". Zootaxa. 3587: 46-64.