Biology:Scopula penricei

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Short description: Species of geometer moth in subfamily Sterrhinae

Scopula penricei
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. penricei
Binomial name
Scopula penricei
Prout, 1920[1][2]

Scopula penricei is a moth of the family Geometridae.[3][4] It is found in Angola[1][3][4] and Zimbabwe.[4]

The wingspan is 30 mm (1.2 in) for the holotype (male) and 28 mm (1.1 in) for the allotype (female).[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Prout, Louis B. (1920). "New Geometridae". Novitates Zoologicae 27: 265–312 [282]. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.7304. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3242914#page/318/mode/1up. 
  2. 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. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Rajaei, Hossein; Hausmann, Axel; Scoble, Malcolm; Wanke, Dominic; Plotkin, David; Brehm, Gunnar; Murillo-Ramos, Leidys; Sihvonen, Pasi (6 June 2024). "Scopula penricei Prout, 1920". Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae 1.1.24.158. https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/185410/taxon/20164. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2011–2025). "Scopula penricei Prout L. B., 1920". https://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/SCOPPENR. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7435008 entry