Scopula lactaria
| Scopula lactaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. lactaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula lactaria (Walker, 1861)[1][2] | |
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Scopula lactaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Africa south of the Sahara and on some islands of the Indian Ocean (Sokotra and Réunion[3]). It can be distinguished from Scopula minorata only by genitalia examination.
The wingspan is 15–20 mm.
Subspecies
- Scopula lactaria lactaria
- Scopula lactaria gaboosi Hausmann, 1998
References
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- ↑ www.lepbarcoding.org
- ↑ Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
- ↑ afromoth.net
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