Isoplenodia

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Isoplenodia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Isoplenodia
Prout, 1932 [1]

Isoplenodia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It formerly consisted of only one species, Isoplenodia arrogans , found on Madagascar, [2] but new species were described in 2010.

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Scopula acinosa is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on the island of São Tomé.

Scopula crawshayi is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was named by Prout in 1932. It is endemic to Kenya.

Scopula dysmorpha is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Nigeria.

Scopula erici is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Uganda and the Republic of Congo.

Scopula erlangeri is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Kenya.

Scopula horiochroea is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1916 and it is found in Somaliland.

Scopula melanopis is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Rwanda.

Scopula natalensis is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in South Africa.

Scopula nigricosta, described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1916, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Malawi.

Scopula palpata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Kenya.

Scopula perstrigulata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Scopula quintaria is a moth of the family Geometridae, first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1916. It occurs in Malawi, South Africa and Príncipe.

Scopula spectrum is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Uganda.

Isoplenodia arrogans is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Madagascar.

Isoplenodia vidalensis is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in eastern South Africa.

Isoplenodia arabukoensis is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in south-eastern Kenya, central Zimbabwe and south-western Rwanda.

Isoplenodia kisubiensis is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in southern Uganda.

Problepsis centrophora is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in South Africa.

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Citations
  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. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Isoplenodia arrogans Prout L. B., 1932". Afromoths. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
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