| Scopula ferruginea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. ferruginea |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula ferruginea | |
| Synonyms | |
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Scopula ferruginea is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by George Hampson in 1893. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. [2]
Its wingspan is about 26 millimetres (1.0 in). It is a white moth with black frons. Thorax and abdomen suffused with rusty color. Wings irrorated (sprinkled) with a few black scales. Forewings suffused with a rusty color, which is bright on the medial and basal inner areas. There is an indistinct antemedial line angled below the costa. A black cell-speck. A diffused fuscous postmedial line angled below the costa, then oblique. There is an indistinct rufous submarginal line highly angled at vein 6, and with a black spot at the angle. A sinuous white submarginal line present. Hindwings with antemedial blackish line. Cell-speck present. Sinuous postmedial rufous line, with a rufous bands beyond it, and a submarginal line. [3]
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