Scopula cajanderi

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Scopula cajanderi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. cajanderi
Binomial name
Scopula cajanderi
(Herz, 1903) [1]
Synonyms
  • Acidalia cajanderiHerz, 1904
  • Acidalia anaitariaHerz, 1904
  • Scopula elwesi achlyoidesProut, 1935
  • Scopula elwesi sajanensisProut, 1935
  • Scopula septentrionicolaMcDunnough, 1939

Scopula cajanderi is a moth of the family Geometridae. It has a Holarctic, distribution, [2] which includes Russia, Alaska and Yukon. [3]

The wingspan is 21–23 millimetres (0.83–0.91 in). Adults have dark grey to reddish brown wings. [4]

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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. Sihvonen, Pasi (August 2001). "Revision of the Scopula cajanderi (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae) species group with description of a new species". The Canadian Entomologist . 133 (4): 467–486. doi:10.4039/Ent133467-4. S2CID   86432184.
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