Biology:Scopula pseudophema

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Short description: Species of geometer moth in subfamily Sterrhinae

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

Scopula pseudophema is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Sudan.[2]

The wingspan is 20–21 mm. The head and body are concolorous with the wings. The forewings are whitish ochreous, in places tinged with rather deeper ochreous.[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. Afro Moths
  3. Novitates Zoologicae This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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