Scopula andalusiaria

Scopula andalusiaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Scopula
Species: S. andalusiaria
Binomial name
Scopula andalusiaria
(Wagner, 1935)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cinglis andalusiaria Wagner, 1935

Scopula andalusiaria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Spain and western North Africa.[2]

Taxonomy

The species was considered to be a valid species by Redondo & Gáston in 1999 and Scoble in 1999. However, Müller treated it as a subspecies of Scopula humifusaria in 1996. Hausmann reinstated it as a species in 2004.

References

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  1. Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
  2. lepiforum.de
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