Scopula impersonata

Scopula impersonata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Scopulini
Genus:	Scopula
Species:	S. impersonata
Binomial name
*Scopula impersonata* (Walker, 1861)^[1]
Synonyms
Acidalia impersonata Walker, 1861 Acidalia accurataria Christoph, 1881 Acidalia muscularia Staudinger, 1897 Acidalia macescens Butler, 1879

Scopula impersonata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in China,^[2] the Russian Far East,^[3] Taiwan and Japan.

The wingspan is 15–20 mm.^[4]

Subspecies

Scopula impersonata impersonata (China)
Scopula impersonata accurataria (Christoph, 1881) (Siberia, Amur, Primorye)
Scopula impersonata macescens (Butler, 1879) (Japan)

References

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

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