Scopula actuaria
| Scopula actuaria | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. actuaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula actuaria (Walker, 1861)[1] | |
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Scopula actuaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Walker in 1861. It is found throughout the Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, from Afghanistan and Taiwan to the southern Moluccas and Timor. It is also found on the Chagos Archipelago.[2]
Description
Wingspan is about 18 millimetres (0.71 in). A black speck at end of cell of each wing. The bands reduced to minutely waved lines. The medial line excurved beyond cell of fore wings, the postmedial slightly angled at vein 4 and 6 of each wing.[3]
There is some variability in the ornamentation of the male eighth sternite throughout its range, even within a single locality.
The larvae have been recorded on Theobroma species.
Subspecies
- Scopula actuaria actuaria
- Scopula actuaria nigranalis (Warren, 1896) (Timor)
- Scopula actuaria sheljuzhkoi Wiltshire, 1967 (Oriental tropics to Taiwan, Afghanistan)
References
- ↑ Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
- ↑ "Scopula actuaria Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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