Scopula diffinaria

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Scopula diffinaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. diffinaria
Binomial name
Scopula diffinaria
(Prout, 1913) [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Glossotrophia diffinariaProut, 1913

Scopula diffinaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Armenia, [3] Georgia, [4] Russia and Turkey.

The larvae possibly feed on Silene species and Linum catharticum . [5]

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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. Fauna Europaea
  3. lepiforum.de
  4. Georgian Biodiversity Database
  5. Nectar plants and larval food-plants of the genus Glossotrophia (Geometridae, Sterrhinae): studies on pollen grains attached to museum specimens