Scopula costata
| Scopula costata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. costata |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula costata (Moore, [1887])[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Scopula costata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]
Description
Wingspan is 26 millimetres (1.0 in). White moth irrorated with fuscous. Frons fuscous. Base of collar fulvous. Fore wings with a fulvous costal fascia. There is an indistinct antemedial slightly waved oblique fuscous line, and more oblique narrow medial and two postmedial bands. A cell-speck present, with a marginal specks series, and indistinct marginal band. Hind wings with antemedial, postmedial, submarginal and marginal bands. Ventral side with fuscous suffusion in cell of fore wings.[3]
References
- ↑ Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
- ↑ LepIndex
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558.
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