Biology:Scopula rhodocraspeda

From HandWiki
Revision as of 15:50, 21 July 2021 by imported>MainAI5 (linkage)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Short description: Species of geometer moth in subfamily Sterrhinae

Scopula rhodocraspeda
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. rhodocraspeda
Binomial name
Scopula rhodocraspeda
Prout, 1932[1]

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

  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. Prout, L. B. 1932c. New genera and species of Sterrhinae (Fam. Geometridae). - Novitates Zoologicae 37:229–251 - on page 240

Wikidata ☰ Q7435092 entry