Scopula apparitaria

Scopula apparitaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species: S. apparitaria
Binomial name
Scopula apparitaria
(Walker, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acidalia apparitaria Walker, 1861
  • Acidalia floccularia Herrich-Schaffer, 1870
  • Craspedia approbata Warren, 1900
  • Craspedia atomaria Warren, 1897
  • Acidalia responsaria Walker, 1861
  • Craspedia trias Warren, 1904

Scopula apparitaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Walker by 1861. It is found in South and Central America, the Greater Antilles[2] and Florida.[3] The type location is Honduras.[4]

The wingspan is about 17 millimetres (0.67 in).

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. ↑ Moths of Jamaica
  3. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ↑ LepIndex


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