Scopula nigricosta

Scopula nigricosta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species: S. nigricosta
Binomial name
Scopula nigricosta
(Prout, 1916)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cartaletis nigricosta Prout, 1916

Scopula nigricosta, described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1916, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Malawi.[2]

Taxonomy

Scopula nigricosta is a junior secondary homonym of Synelys nigricosta described by Paul Dognin in 1911 and requires a replacement name.

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. ↑ Afromoths


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