Scopula emissaria

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Scopula emissaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. emissaria
Binomial name
Scopula emissaria
(Walker, 1861) [1]
Synonyms
  • Acidalia emissariaWalker, 1861
  • Acidalia defamatariaWalker, 1861
  • Lycauges mollisWarren, 1896
  • Lycauges lacteaButler, 1879
  • Lycauges proximaButler, 1886

Scopula emissaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in India, [2] Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Vietnam, China, Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Sumatra, Java, Wallacea and Australia. [3]

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Description

The wingspan is about 28 millimetres (1.1 in). Forewings with produced apex. It is an ochreous moth irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous, and usually suffused with tan-pink color. Frons dark brown. Vertex of head whitish. Abdomen with dark segmental bands. Forewings with traces of oblique antemedial line and a discocellular black spot. There is an oblique postmedial more or less prominent diffused band from the angle of the postmedial oblique black specks series, which is recurved to costa. Hindwings with a diffused antemedial band from the discocellular black speck runs to inner margin. Three slightly waved lines found on the upper half of wing, where the first being usually the most prominent. Both wings with marginal black specks series. [4] [5]

Subspecies

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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. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Scopula emissaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.
  3. ↑ "Checklist of Hong Kong Fauna". 81 (12) (2 ed.). Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden: 2.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (10 January 2013). "Scopula emissaria (Walker, 1861)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 2 August 2018.


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