Scopula natalica

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Scopula natalica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. natalica
Binomial name
Scopula natalica
(Butler, 1875) [1]
Synonyms
  • Acidalia natalicaButler, 1875
  • Craspedia diffusizonaHampson, 1910

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. [2]

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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. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Scopula natalica (Butler, 1875)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 13, 2017.