Scopula confinaria
| Scopula confinaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. confinaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula confinaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Scopula confinaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in southern Europe, southern Russia[2] and Turkey.
The larvae feed on Silene and Dianthus species.[3]
Subspecies
- Scopula confinaria confinaria
- Scopula confinaria aetnaea (Prout, 1935)
- Scopula confinaria prouti (Hausmann, 1993)
- Scopula confinaria scoblei (Hausmann, 1993)
Scopula sacraria is treated as a subspecies (Scopula confinaria sacraria) by some authors. The same is true for Scopula uberaria (Scopula confinaria uberaria).
References
- ↑ Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
- ↑ "Scopula (Calothysanis) confinaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ↑ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
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