Scopula omnisona

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Scopula omnisona
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. omnisona
Binomial name
Scopula omnisona
(Prout, 1915) [1]
Synonyms
  • Acidalia omnisonaProut, 1915

Scopula omnisona is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Madagascar. [2]

The male of this species has a wingspan of 17 millimetres (0.67 in), its face and palpus are red, the vertex is grey and the thorax and abdomen are pinkish grey.

The fore wings are pale pinkish-grey or violet-grey with a few scattered black scales. [3]

Subspecies

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. Afro Moths
  3. Prout, L. B. 1915a. New genera and species of African Geometridae. - Novitates Zoologicae 22:311–385 (on page 331)