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Scopula diffinaria

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Scopula diffinaria
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S. diffinaria
Binomial name
Scopula diffinaria
(Prout, 1913)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Glossotrophia diffinaria Prout, 1913

Scopula diffinaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Armenia,[3] Georgia.,[4] Russia and Turkey.

The larvae possibly feed on Silene species and Linum catharticum.[5]

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. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ lepiforum.de
  4. ^ Georgian Biodiversity Database
  5. ^ Nectar plants and larval food-plants of the genus Glossotrophia (Geometridae, Sterrhinae): studies on pollen grains attached to museum specimens