Scopula cajanderi

Scopula cajanderi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Scopula
Species: S. cajanderi
Binomial name
Scopula cajanderi
(Herz, 1903)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acidalia cajanderi Herz, 1904
  • Acidalia anaitaria Herz, 1904
  • Scopula elwesi achlyoides Prout, 1935
  • Scopula elwesi sajanensis Prout, 1935
  • Scopula septentrionicola McDunnough, 1939

Scopula cajanderi is a moth of the Geometridae family. It has a Holarctic, distribution,[2] which includes Russia, Alaska and Yukon.[3]

The wingspan is 21–23 mm. Adults have dark grey to reddish brown wings.[4]

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. ↑ Revision of the Scopula cajanderi (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae) species group with description of a new species
  3. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ↑ lepiforum.de


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