Scopula infantilis

Scopula infantilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Scopula
Species: S. infantilis
Binomial name
Scopula infantilis
Herbulot, 1970[1]

Scopula infantilis is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found on Madagascar.[2]

The length of its frontwing is 8mm and the holytype had been collected in the Ivelona valley, Andranomalaza, Madagascar. Its description has been published by C.Herbulot in 1970 in : C.Herbulot, Mémoire ORSTOM, no 37, 1970. LEPIDOPTERA GEOMETRIDAE DU TSARATANANA, [MADAGASCAR NORD] - MISSION DANS LE MASSIF DU TSARATANANA, 1966 [3]

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. LepIndex
  3. C.Herbulot, Mémoire ORSTOM, 1970


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