Scopula opperta

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Scopula opperta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. opperta
Binomial name
Scopula opperta
Prout, 1920 [1] [2]

Scopula opperta is a moth of the family Geometridae. [3] [4] It is found in South Africa [1] [3] [4] and Eswatini. [4]

The wingspan is 24–28 mm (0.94–1.10 in). [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Prout, Louis B. (1920). "New Geometridae". Novitates Zoologicae. 27: 265–312 [308]. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.7304 .
  2. ↑ 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 .
  3. 1 2 Rajaei, Hossein; Hausmann, Axel; Scoble, Malcolm; Wanke, Dominic; Plotkin, David; Brehm, Gunnar; Murillo-Ramos, Leidys & Sihvonen, Pasi (6 June 2024). "Scopula opperta Prout, 1920". Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae 1.1.24.158. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2011–2025). "Scopula opperta Prout L. B., 1920". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 28 March 2025.


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