Scopula aspilataria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
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 was described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in Sri Lanka.[2][3]

Description

The wingspan is about 22 millimetres (0.87 in). The male is creamy colored with blackish frons. Wings irrorated (sprinkled) with a few black scales. Forewings with antemedial, and both wings with medial, postmedial, submarginal, 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

  1. ↑ Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x.
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Scopula aspilataria​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  3. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Scopula aspilataria (Walker, 1861)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  4. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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