Scopula pulchellata

Scopula pulchellata

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Scopulini
Genus:	Scopula
Species:	S. pulchellata
Binomial name
*Scopula pulchellata* (Fabricius, 1794)^[1]
Synonyms
Phalaena pulchellata Fabricius, 1794 Craspedia discata Warren, 1897 Idaea grandicularia Swinhoe, 1886 Acidalia ligataria Walker, 1861 Acidalia metaspilaria Walker, 1861 Acidalia nictata Guenée, 1857 Acidalia perlineata Walker, 1861 Scopula perlineata obdiscata Prout, 1938 Scopula perlineata spilotis Prout, 1938 Acidalia spatiosaria Walker, 1866 Craspedia spilodorsata Warren, 1895 Scopula spilodorsata cosmeta Prout, 1938 Craspedia rufinubes Warren, 1900

Scopula pulchellata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics, from India to Taiwan and the Solomon Islands,^[2] as well as in Africa.

Subspecies

Scopula pulchellata pulchellata
Scopula pulchellata rufinubes (Warren, 1900)
Scopula pulchellata semperi Prout, 1938
Scopula pulchellata takowensis Prout, 1938

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.
↑ The Moths of Borneo

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