Scopula aspilataria

Scopula aspilataria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Scopula
Species: S. aspilataria
Binomial name
Scopula aspilataria
(Walker, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acidalia aspilataria Walker, 1861

Scopula aspilataria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Sri Lanka.[2][3]

Description

Wingspan is about 22mm. Male creamy colored with blackish frons. Wings irrorated with a few black scales. Fore wings with antemedial, and both wings with medial, postmedial, submaginal, and marginal very slightly waved bands of a darker tint than the ground color. A series of minute marginal black specks can be seen.[4]

References

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  1. Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
  2. LepIndex
  3. "Scopula aspilataria (Walker, 1861)". Afro Moths. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  4. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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