Biology:Scopula menytes
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Short description: Species of geometer moth in subfamily Sterrhinae
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. menytes
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Scopula menytes is a moth of the family Geometridae.[3] It is found in the Marquesas Archipelago.[1][4][5] It was described based on a single male from Hitikau Ridge on Ua Huka at 870 m (2,850 ft) above sea level. The wingspan of this specimen, the holotype, is 23 mm (0.91 in).[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Prout, Louis B. (1935). "Geometridae from the Marquesas Islands". Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 114: 171–177 [172]. http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/bull114-171.pdf.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Rajaei, Hossein; Hausmann, Axel; Scoble, Malcolm; Wanke, Dominic; Plotkin, David; Brehm, Gunnar; Murillo-Ramos, Leidys; Sihvonen, Pasi (6 June 2024). "Scopula menytes Prout, 1935". Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae 1.1.24.158. https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/185410/taxon/20071.
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Scopula menytes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=216095.
- ↑ Peter Oboyski (June 2010). "Lepidoptera of French Polynesia - Photo Gallery". Moths of French Polynesia. University of California Berkeley. https://nature.berkeley.edu/~oboyski67/Lepidoptera/Geometridae_FP.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q7434899 entry
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