Scotopteryx vittistrigata
| Scotopteryx vittistrigata | |
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| Scotopteryx vittistrigata. Mounted specimen on display at the Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Larentiinae |
| Genus: | Scotopteryx |
| Species: | S. vittistrigata |
| Binomial name | |
| Scotopteryx vittistrigata (Prout, 1910) | |
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Scotopteryx vittistrigata is a species of moth of the Geometridae family.
Description
Scotopteryx vittistrigata has a wingspan of about 32 millimetres (1.3 in). Head, thorax, and abdomen are pale ochreous varied with brown. Forewings are pale ochreous, crossed by numerous oblique brown lines. Hind wing with the lines most distinct on the inner margin, except the outer line and terminal area, which are distinct throughout. [1][2]
Distribution
This species can be found in Brazil.
References
- Beccaloni, G.W., Scoble, M.J., Robinson, G.S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). (2003) The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)
- Animal Diversity