Scopula parvimacula
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Scopula |
Species: | S. parvimacula
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Binomial name | |
Scopula parvimacula | |
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Scopula parvimacula is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in New Guinea and Australia (Queensland).[2]
The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are pale brown with arcs of green spots. The edges of the wings are scalloped.[3]
Subspecies
- Scopula parvimacula parvimacula
- Scopula parvimacula erythroconia (Prout, 1938)
- Scopula parvimacula kirwiriensis (Prout, 1938)
- Scopula parvimacula papuana (Prout, 1938)
- Scopula parvimacula privativa (Prout, 1917)
References
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- ^ 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). "Antitrygodes parvimacula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
- ^ Australian Insects