Scopula antiloparia

Scopula antiloparia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Scopula
Species: S. antiloparia
Binomial name
Scopula antiloparia
(Wallengren, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acidalia antiloparia Wallengren, 1863

Scopula antiloparia is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in south-western Africa.[2]

Taxonomy

The species is possibly a junior synonym of Scopula minorata, based on genital examination of type material at The Natural History Museum, London, and Universitets Zoologiska Institut, Uppsala, Sweden. Prout suggested that it could be conspecific with Scopula sincera based on a description of A. antiloparia, not on examination of the types.

References

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  1. ↑ Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
  2. ↑ LepIndex


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