Scopula nupta

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Scopula nupta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. nupta
Binomial name
Scopula nupta
(Butler, 1878) [1] [2]
Synonyms [1]
  • Asthena nuptaButler, 1878
  • Scopula analogiaInoue, 1954
  • Scopula seminuptaSterneck, 1941

Scopula nupta is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. [1] It is found in Japan [1] [3] [4] (Hokkaido, Honshu [5] ), Hong Kong, [6] Korea, [3] [7] and the Russian Far East. [3]

The wingspan is 17–24 mm (0.67–0.94 in). [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rajaei, Hossein; Hausmann, Axel; Scoble, Malcolm; Wanke, Dominic; Plotkin, David; Brehm, Gunnar; Murillo-Ramos, Leidys & Sihvonen, Pasi (6 June 2024). "Scopula nupta (Butler, 1878)". Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae 1.1.24.158. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  2. Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x .
  3. 1 2 3 Savela, Markku. "Scopula Schrank, 1802". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  4. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Scopula nupta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.
  5. 1 2 "サザナミシロヒメシャク Scopula nupta (Butler, 1878)". Japanese Moths. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  6. Ades, Gary W.J. & Roger C. Kendrick, eds. (2004). Checklist of Hong Kong Fauna (PDF) (2nd ed.). Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden. p. 35.
  7. Choi, Sei-Woong & Kim, Sung-Soo (2016). "A checklist of the genus Scopula (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) including description of a new species and three newly recorded species from Korea". Zootaxa. 4178 (1): 131–137. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4178.1.6.