Scopula pseudophema

Scopula pseudophema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Scopula
Species: S. pseudophema
Binomial name
Scopula pseudophema
Prout, 1920[1]

Scopula pseudophema is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Sudan.[2]

The wingspan is 20–21 mm. The head and body are concolorous with the wings. The forewings are whitish ochreous, in places tinged with rather deeper ochreous.[3]

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. Afro Moths
  3. Novitates Zoologicae


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