Scopula rhodocraspeda
| Scopula rhodocraspeda | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Scopulini |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. rhodocraspeda |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula rhodocraspeda Prout, 1932[1] | |
Scopula rhodocraspeda is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Madagascar.[2]
This species is mustard-yellow to apricot-yellow with the costal edge of the forewing rosy, also the fringes. Possibly this is a colour-form of Scopula bistrigata (Pagenstecher).[3]
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Wikispecies has information related to: Scopula rhodocraspeda |
- ↑ Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ Prout, L. B. 1932c. New genera and species of Sterrhinae (Fam. Geometridae). - Novitates Zoologicae 37:229–251 - on page 240
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