Scopula actuaria

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Scopula actuaria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. actuaria
Binomial name
Scopula actuaria
(Walker, 1861) [1]
Synonyms
  • Acidalia actuariaWalker, 1861
  • Ptychopoda nigranalisWarren, 1896
  • Craspedia parumnotataWarren, 1896
  • Scopula actuaria sheljuzhkoiWiltshire, 1967

Scopula actuaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found throughout the Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, from Afghanistan and Taiwan to the southern Moluccas and Timor. It is also found on the Chagos Archipelago. [2]

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Description

Its wingspan is about 18 millimetres (0.71 in). There is a black speck at the end of the cell of each wing. The bands are reduced to minutely waved lines. The medial line excurved beyond cell of forewings, the postmedial slightly angled at vein 4 and 6 of each wing. [3]

The larvae have been recorded on Theobroma species.

Subspecies

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References

  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. "Scopula actuaria Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.