| Scopula addictaria | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. addictaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula addictaria (Walker, 1861) | |
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Scopula addictaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Description
The wingspan is about 22–26 millimetres (0.87–1.02 in). Hindwings with more or less angled outer margin at vein 4. It is an ochreous-white moth with bright ochreous. Postmedial line of forewings sinuous and much excurved below costa instead of minutely waved. The patches bright rufous, and the sub-marginal markings bluish grey.
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.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Scopula addictaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Scopula addictaria (Walker, 1861)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
- Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
External links
- Alex Hausmann (1 November 2009). "New and interesting geometrid moths from Dhofar, southern Oman" (PDF). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 99: 111–128. ISSN 0340-4943.
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