Scopula nipha

Scopula nipha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Scopula
Species: S. nipha
Binomial name
Scopula nipha
Fletcher, 1955[1]

Scopula nipha is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

The male has a wingspan of 21–23 mm. This species was described from a specimen collected at the Upemba National Park[3]

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. LepIndex
  3. Original description: Fletcher, 1955, Fascicule 32
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