Scopula libyssa
| Scopula libyssa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. libyssa |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula libyssa (Hopffer, 1858)[1][2] | |
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Scopula libyssa is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Africa.
The larvae feed on Oxyanthus monteiroi, Oxyanthus speciosus and Randia axillare.[3]
Subspecies
- Scopula libyssa libyssa (Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda)
- Scopula libyssa ethelinda (Kirby, 1896) (Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania)
- Scopula libyssa monteironis (Druce, 1883)
- Scopula libyssa natalensis (Prout, 1917) (South Africa)
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- ↑ Cartaletis, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
- ↑ Afro Moths
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