Scopula confinaria

Scopula confinaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Scopulini
Genus:	Scopula
Species:	S. confinaria
Binomial name
	Scopula confinaria; (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)
Synonyms
	Acidalia confinaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1847; Glossotrophia confinaria; Glossotrophia aetnaea Prout, 1935; Glossotrophia prouti Hausmann, 1993; Glossotrophia scoblei Hausmann, 1993; Glossotrophia corrivularia Millière, 1869; Glossotrophia perfalsaria Prout, 1934;

Scopula confinaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in southern Europe, southern Russia^[2] and Turkey.

The larvae feed on Silene and Dianthus species.^[3]

Subspecies

Scopula confinaria confinaria
Scopula confinaria aetnaea (Prout, 1935)
Scopula confinaria prouti (Hausmann, 1993)
Scopula confinaria scoblei (Hausmann, 1993)

Scopula sacraria is treated as a subspecies (Scopula confinaria sacraria) by some authors. The same is true for Scopula uberaria (Scopula confinaria uberaria).

References

^ Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
^ Fauna Europaea
^ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa

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[1] Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.

[2] Fauna Europaea

[3] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa

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