| Scopula lactea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. lactea |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula lactea | |
| Synonyms | |
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Scopula lactea is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by William Warren in 1900. It is endemic to Kenya. [2]
Scopula lactea is a junior secondary homonym of Lycauges lactea described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879 and requires a replacement name.
Scopula is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802.
Scopula lactaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in Africa south of the Sahara and on some islands of the Indian Ocean. It can be distinguished from Scopula minorata only by genitalia examination.
Scopula minorata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833. It is found in Africa south of the Sahara, the Arabian Peninsula and on the islands of the Indian Ocean. Furthermore, it is found in southern Europe. It can be distinguished from Scopula lactaria only by examination of its genitalia.
Scopula concolor is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Warren in 1905. It is endemic to South Africa.
Scopula dentilinea is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by William Warren in 1897. It is found in Madagascar, Sierra Leone, São Tomé and Zambia.
Scopula derasata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is endemic to South Africa.
Scopula deserta is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Warren in 1897. It is found in South Africa and Zambia.
Scopula dissonans is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by William Warren in 1897. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.
Scopula forbesi is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1884. It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria.
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 natalica is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It is found in Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia.
Scopula nigricosta, described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1916, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Malawi.
Scopula nitidata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by William Warren in 1905 and is found in South Africa.
Scopula nucleata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and on São Tomé.
Scopula roseocincta is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in South Africa and Tanzania.
Scopula sapor is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Cameroon.
Scopula sebata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1958. It is found in Uganda.
Scopula sinnaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1904. It is found in Angola, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Scopula trisinuata, the sinuous wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Angola, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Zambia.
Scopula vicina is a moth of the family Geometridae found in Nigeria.