Scopula benenotata
| Scopula benenotata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Scopulini |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. benenotata |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula benenotata Prout, 1932[1] | |
Scopula benenotata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found on Madagascar.[2]
This species is similar to Scopula latitans Prout, 1920 in structure. The forewings are a little narrower with more oblique termen, the colouring is warmer – a pinkish buff or light pinkish cinnamon, and it has larger cell-dots. The male of this species has a wingspan of 26 millimetres (1.0 in).[3]
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Wikispecies has information related to: Scopula benenotata |
- ↑ Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
- ↑ LepIndex
- ↑ Prout, L. B. 1932c. New genera and species of Sterrhinae (Fam. Geometridae). - Novitates Zoologicae 37:229–251 - on page 244
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