| Scopula asymmetrica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. asymmetrica |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula asymmetrica Holloway, 1997 [1] | |
Scopula asymmetrica is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is endemic to Borneo. [2] The habitat consists of alluvial forests, wet heath forests and lower montane forests on limestone.
The wingspan is 8–9 millimetres (0.31–0.35 in). Adults are grey brown.
Sterrhinae is a large subfamily of geometer moths with some 3,000 described species, with more than half belonging to the taxonomically difficult, very diverse genera, Idaea and Scopula. This subfamily was described by Edward Meyrick in 1892. They are the most diverse in the tropics with the number of species decreasing with increasing latitude and elevation.
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.
Abaciscus paucisignata is a species of moth belonging to the family Geometridae. It was described by Warren in 1899. It is known from Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.
Scopula adeptaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Taiwan, Hainan, southern Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, the Philippines, Sumba and northern Australia.
Scopula butleri is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Prout in 1913. It is found in the north-eastern Himalaya, Sumatra, China, Japan and Borneo. The habitat consists of lowland forests and lower montane forests.
Scopula deflavarioides is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of wet heath forest and hill dipterocarp forest.
Scopula flavinsolata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of lowland forests, particularly forests on limestone and adjacent alluvial forests.
Scopula hyphenophora is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in India, Peninsular Malaysia and on Borneo and Bali. The habitat consists of lowland primary and secondary forests, alluvial forests and forests on limestone.
Scopula mecysma is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1894. It is found in the Himalaya, Taiwan, Thailand and on Borneo, Java, Bali, Sulawesi and New Guinea. The habitat consists of lowland forests.
Scopula melinau is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of dipterocarp forests.
Scopula pauperata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of lowland forests.
Scopula phallarcuata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of lowland forests and lower montane forests on limestone. It has also been recorded from various softwood plantations in the lowlands of Sabah.
Scopula pithogona is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Java, Borneo and Sulawesi. The habitat consists of dipterocarp forests.
Scopula pseudagrata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Borneo and possibly the Philippines (Luzon). The habitat consists of lowland forests, alluvial forests and forests on limestone.
Scopula vacuata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of lowland forests but it can occur as high as 1,000 metres in the lower montane forest zone. The species is often found in softwood plantations and secondary forests in lowland Sabah.
Scopula urnaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and Palawan. The habitat consists of lowland dipterocarp forests.
Zythos obliterata is a moth of the family Geometridae described by William Warren in 1897. It is found on Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra. The habitat consists of lowland alluvial forests, secondary forests and dry heath forests.
Problepsis borneamagna is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Sabah and Borneo. The habitat consists of montane forests.
Pachyodes pratti is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1927. It is found on Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. The habitat consists of hill dipterocarp forests and lower montane forests.
Agathia obsoleta is a species of moth in the family Geometridae first described by William Warren in 1897. It is found in Java, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines. A. obsoleta is a rare species of lowland forests, including heath forest.