Scopula modicaria
| Scopula modicaria | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. modicaria
|
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula modicaria | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Scopula modicaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1897. It is found in China,[2] the Russian Far East,[3] Korea[4] and Japan.
The wingspan is 19–30 millimetres (0.75–1.18 in).[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Scopula modicaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- ^ Sterrhinae (Geometridae) collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
- ^ Five unrecorded species of Geometridae from Korea (Lepidoptera), with notes on eight little known species
- ^ "モントビヒメシャク Scopula modicaria (Leech, 1897)". みんなで作る日本産蛾類図鑑 [An Identification Guide of Japanese Moths Compiled by Everyone] (in Japanese). Retrieved July 3, 2020.