Scopula calcarata

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Scopula calcarata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. calcarata
Binomial name
Scopula calcarata
D. S. Fletcher, 1958 [1]

Scopula calcarata is a moth of the family Geometridae described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1958. It is found in Malawi, Uganda and Cameroon. [2]

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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. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Scopula calcarata Fletcher D. S., 1958". Afromoths. Retrieved March 25, 2018.