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Scotopteryx coelinaria
Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Scotopteryx
Species:	S. coelinaria
Binomial name
Scotopteryx coelinaria (Graslin, 1863)
Synonyms
Eubolia coelinaria de Graslin, 1863 Eubolia jugicola Staudinger, 1870 Eubolia vernetaria Oberthur, 1896 Eubolia gerardini Oberthur, 1907

Scotopteryx coelinaria is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Portugal, Spain, Andorra and the French Pyrenees.

The wingspan is 28–34 mm. The ground colour is brownish. Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation per year.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Genista species.

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa

Literature

• J. Culot: Noctuelles et Géomètres d'Europe, Deuxième Partie, Géomètres, Genève (Suisse), Villa-Les-Iris – Grand-Pré, Mars 1917
• Lionel Tauraud : Contribution à la connaissance en France de Scotopteryx coelinaria (Graslin, 1863) (Lep. Geometridae). Oreina n°4, mars 2009

External links

• Lepiforum.de
• Entomologenportal.de

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• Scotopteryx
• Moths of Europe
• Taxa named by Adolphe Hercule de Graslin
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