Scopula addictaria
| Scopula addictaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Scopulini |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. addictaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula addictaria (Walker, 1861)[1] | |
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Scopula addictaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Sri Lanka.[2][3]
Description
Wingspan is about 22-26mm. Hind wings with more or less angled outer margin at vein 4. Ochreous white moth with bright ochreous. Postmedial line of fore wings sinous and much excurved below costa instead of minutely waved. The patches bright rufous, and the sub-marginal markings bluish grey.[4]
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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.
- ↑ LepIndex
- ↑ "Scopula addictaria (Walker, 1861)". Afro Moths. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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