Biology:Scopula rhodocraspeda
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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. rhodocraspeda
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| Binomial name | |
| Scopula rhodocraspeda Prout, 1932[1]
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Scopula rhodocraspeda is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Madagascar .[2]
This species is mustard-yellow to apricot-yellow with the costal edge of the forewing rosy, also the fringes. Possibly this is a colour-form of Scopula bistrigata (Pagenstecher).[3]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ Prout, L. B. 1932c. New genera and species of Sterrhinae (Fam. Geometridae). - Novitates Zoologicae 37:229–251 - on page 240
Wikidata ☰ Q7435092 entry
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