Scopula emissaria
| Scopula emissaria | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. emissaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula emissaria (Walker, 1861)[1] | |
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Scopula emissaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Walker in 1861. It is found in India,[2] Sri Lanka, Burma, Vietnam, China, Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Sumatra, Java, Wallacea and Australia.[3]
Description
Wingspan is about 28 millimetres (1.1 in). Fore wings with produced apex. Ochreous moth irrorated with fuscous, and usually suffused with flesh pink color. Frons dark brown. Vertex of head whitish. Abdomen with dark segmental bands. Fore wings with traces of oblique antemedial line and a discocellular black spot. There is an oblique postmedial more or less prominent diffused band from the angle of the postmedial oblique black specks series, which is recurved to costa. Hind wings with a diffused antemedial band from the discocellular black speck runs to inner margin. Three slightly waved lines found on the upper half of wing, where the first being usually the most prominent. Both wings with marginal black specks series.[4][5]
Subspecies
- Scopula emissaria emissaria (India, Sri Lanka)
- Scopula emissaria lactea (Butler, 1879) (Japan)
- Scopula emissaria proxima (Butler, 1886) (Australia: Queensland)
References
- ↑ Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
- ↑ LepIndex
- ↑ "Checklist of Hong Kong Fauna". 81 (12) (2 ed.). Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden: 2.
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India: 558.
- ↑ "Scopula emissaria (Walker, 1861)". Butterfly House. Retrieved 3 October 2016.