Scopula sacraria

Scopula sacraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Scopula
Species: S. sacraria
Binomial name
Scopula sacraria
(Bang-Haas, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acidalia sacraria Bang-Haas, 1910
  • Glossotrophia fumata Hausmann, 1993

Scopula sacraria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found on Cyprus[2] and the European part of Russia.

The wingspan is about 20–23 mm.[3]

Subspecies

Taxonomy

Scopula sacraria is treated as a subspecies of Scopula confinaria by some authors. If sacraria is treated as a valid species, Scopula semitata is sometimes listed as a subspecies of it, rather than a separate species.

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. Fauna Europaea
  3. lepiforum.de


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