Biology:Scopula cajanderi

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Short description: Species of geometer moth in subfamily Sterrhinae

Scopula cajanderi
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. cajanderi
Binomial name
Scopula cajanderi
(Herz, 1903)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acidalia cajanderi Herz, 1904
  • Acidalia anaitaria Herz, 1904
  • Scopula elwesi achlyoides Prout, 1935
  • Scopula elwesi sajanensis Prout, 1935
  • Scopula septentrionicola McDunnough, 1939

Scopula cajanderi is a moth of the family Geometridae. It has a Holarctic, distribution,[2] which includes Russia , Alaska and Yukon.[3]

The wingspan is 21–23 millimetres (0.83–0.91 in). Adults have dark grey to reddish brown wings.[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. Sihvonen, Pasi (August 2001). "Revision of the Scopula cajanderi (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae) species group with description of a new species". The Canadian Entomologist 133 (4): 467–486. doi:10.4039/Ent133467-4. 
  3. mothphotographersgroup
  4. lepiforum.de

Wikidata ☰ Q7434574 entry