Scopula rhodocraspeda

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Scopula rhodocraspeda
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. rhodocraspeda
Binomial name
Scopula rhodocraspeda
Prout, 1932 [1]

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

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Madagascar Island nation off the coast of Southeast Africa, in the Indian Ocean

Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately 400 kilometres off the coast of East Africa. The nation comprises the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from the Indian subcontinent around 88 million years ago, allowing native plants and animals to evolve in relative isolation. Consequently, Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; over 90% of its wildlife is found nowhere else on Earth. The island's diverse ecosystems and unique wildlife are threatened by the encroachment of the rapidly growing human population and other environmental threats.

This species is mustard-yellow to apricot-yellow with the costal edge of the forewing rosy, also the fringes. Possibly this is a colour-form of Scopula bistrigata (Pagenstecher). [3]

Scopula bistrigata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Pagenstecher in 1907. It is found on Madagascar and the Comoros.

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Scopulini tribe of insects

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<i>Scopula turbidaria</i> Species of geometer moth in subfamily Sterrhinae

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<i>Scopula corrivalaria</i> Species of geometer moth in subfamily Sterrhinae

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Scopula modicaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Leech in 1897. It is found in China, the Russian Far East, Korea and Japan.

Scopula mollicula is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Madagascar.

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Scopula praecanata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Tibet and central China (Sichuan).

Scopula semitata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Prout in 1913. It is found in the Levant.

Scopula tsekuensis is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in south-western China.

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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. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ Prout, L. B. 1932c. New genera and species of Sterrhinae (Fam. Geometridae). - Novitates Zoologicae 37:229–251 - on page 240


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