Scopula rhodocraspeda

Scopula rhodocraspeda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Scopulini
Genus:	Scopula
Species:	S. rhodocraspeda
Binomial name
	Scopula rhodocraspeda; Prout, 1932

Scopula rhodocraspeda is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Madagascar.^[2]

This species is mustard-yellow to apricot-yellow with the costal edge of the forewing rosy, also the fringes. Possibly this is a colour-form of Scopula bistrigata (Pagenstecher).^[3]

References

^ 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.
^ Afro Moths
^ Prout, L. B. 1932c. New genera and species of Sterrhinae (Fam. Geometridae). - Novitates Zoologicae 37:229–251 - on page 240

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[1] 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.

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Prout, L. B. 1932c. New genera and species of Sterrhinae (Fam. Geometridae). - Novitates Zoologicae 37:229–251 - on page 240

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