Scopula caesaria
Scopula caesaria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Scopula |
Species: | S. caesaria
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Binomial name | |
Scopula caesaria | |
Synonyms | |
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Scopula caesaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It has a wide range, including the Comoros, Mayotte, La Réunion, Madagascar and in Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Gambia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates,[2] New Guinea, Taiwan, Japan and Australia (Queensland).
Adults of have brown wings with red zigzag markings.[3]
Subspecies[]
- Scopula caesaria caesaria
- Scopula caesaria walkeros Wiltshire, [1981] (Oman, United Arab Emirates)
References[]
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- ^ 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
- ^ Australian Insects
Categories:
- Moths described in 1861
- Scopula
- Moths of Africa
- Moths of Asia
- Moths of Australia
- Scopula stubs