Scopula asellaria

Scopula asellaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species: S. asellaria
Binomial name
Scopula asellaria
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acidalia asellaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1847
  • Glossotrophia asellaria
  • Glossotrophia asellaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1847
  • Glossotrophia dentatolineata Wehrli, 1926
  • Glossotrophia gerstbergeri Hausmann, 1993
  • Acidalia isabellaria Milliere, 1868
  • Glossotrophia lenzi Hausmann, 1993
  • Glossotrophia philipparia Prout, 1913
  • Acidalia romanaria Milliere, 1869
  • Glossotrophia tripolitana Turati, 1930

Scopula asellaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Herrich-Schäffer in 1847. It is found in southern Europe[2] and North Africa.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Silene species.[3]

Subspecies

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. ↑ "Scopula (Calothysanis) asellaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Moths and Butterflies of Europe


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