Scopula adelpharia
| Scopula adelpharia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Scopulini |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. adelpharia |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Scopula adelpharia is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North Africa, the Near East and Middle East.[2]
The larvae feed on Convolvulus and Prosopis species.[3]
Subspecies
- Scopula adelpharia adelpharia (Israel, Palestine)
- Scopula adelpharia pharaonis Sterneck, 1933 (Egypt)
References
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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
- ↑ Afro Moths
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