Scopula pseudodoxa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. pseudodoxa
Binomial name
Scopula pseudodoxa
Synonyms
  • Scopula pseudocoxa

Scopula pseudodoxa is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1920.[1] It is found on Woodlark Island in Papua New Guinea.[2]

The wingspan is 15–18 millimetres (0.59–0.71 in).[3]

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 pseudodoxa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  3. Prout, Louis B. (1920). "New Geometridae". Novitates Zoologicae. 27: 297. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.7304.


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