Scopula neophyta

Scopula neophyta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Scopula
Species: S. neophyta
Binomial name
Scopula neophyta
Prout, 1922[1]

Scopula neophyta is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Colombia.[2]

The wingspan is 21–23 mm. The forewings are white with a tinge of brown and with sparse blackish irroration. The hindwings are also white with an ill-defined postmedian line of brown or blackish vein-dots.

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. Novitates Zoologicae


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