Biology:Scopula modesta

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Short description: Species of geometer moth in subfamily Sterrhinae

Scopula modesta
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. modesta
Binomial name
Scopula modesta
(Moore, [1887])[1]
Synonyms
  • Tephrina modesta Moore, 1887
  • Craspedia latimarginaria Hampson, 1891

Scopula modesta is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Sri Lanka and India .[2]

Description

Its wingspan is about 30 mm. Hindwings with more or less angled outer margin at vein 4. Body whitish suffused with brownish fuscous. Forewings with almost straight oblique antemedial line. Both wings with oblique straight medial line with an indistinct diffused fuscous cell-spot inside it on forewings and prominent brown cell-speck beyond it on hindwings. A nearly straight postmedial line, the area beyond it more suffused with brownish fuscous, sometimes with pale sub-marginal patches.[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. et al., eds (2003). "Scopula modesta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=216122. 
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180173#page/3/mode/1up. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7434911 entry