Scopula vacuata
| Scopula vacuata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Scopulini |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. vacuata |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula vacuata (Guenée, 1857)[1] | |
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Scopula vacuata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Borneo.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests but it can occur as high as 1,000 metres in the lower montane forest zone. The species is often found in softwood plantations and secondary forests in lowland Sabah.
Adults are straw-coloured with a fawn forewing discal mark.
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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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