Scopula dargei

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Scopula dargei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. dargei
Binomial name
Scopula dargei
Herbulot, 1992 [1]

Scopula dargei is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Claude Herbulot in 1992. It is endemic to Cameroon. [2]

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Claude Herbulot was a French entomologist. He was born in Charleville-Mézières and died in Paris. He was a lepidopterist and specialised in moths in the family Geometridae. His collection is housed at the Zoologische Staatssammlung München.

Endemism ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location or habitat

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. The extreme opposite of endemism is cosmopolitan distribution. An alternative term for a species that is endemic is precinctive, which applies to species that are restricted to a defined geographical area.

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Scopula infantilis is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Madagascar.

Scopula internataria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in Angola, the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Réunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

Scopula kounden is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Claude Herbulot in 1992. It is endemic to Cameroon.

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Scopula leucoloma is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Prout in 1932. It is endemic to Madagascar.

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Scopula oryx is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Claude Herbulot in 1985. It is endemic to South Africa.

Scopula paneliusi is a moth species of the family Geometridae first described by Claude Herbulot in 1957. It is endemic to Cape Verde.

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 rubrosignaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Madagascar.

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 dargei Herbulot, 1992". Afromoths. Retrieved March 6, 2018.


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