Scopula vicina (Gaede, 1917)

Scopula vicina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Scopula
Species: S. vicina
Binomial name
Scopula vicina
(Gaede, 1917)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aletis vicina Gaede, 1917

Scopula vicina is a moth of the family Geometridae found in Nigeria.[2]

Taxonomy

Scopula vicina is a junior secondary homonym of Trygodes vicina described by Thierry-Mieg in 1907 and requires a replacement name.

References

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


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