| Scopula scalercii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. scalercii |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula scalercii | |
| Synonyms | |
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Scopula scalercii is a moth of the family Geometridae that can be found in central and southern Italy. [2]
The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek geo γεω, and metron μέτρον "measure" in reference to the way their larvae, or inchworms, appear to measure the earth as they move along in a looping fashion. A very large family, it has around 23,000 species of moths described, and over 1400 species from six subfamilies indigenous to North America alone. A well-known member is the peppered moth, Biston betularia, which has been subject of numerous studies in population genetics. Several other geometer moths are notorious pests.
Scopula ternata, the smoky wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802. It is mainly found in northern and parts of central Europe and in isolated populations in southern and south-eastern Europe. Its western range is eastern France, eastern Belgium and Scotland, with an isolated population in the Pyrenees. In the north its range extends to the polar regions and in the south it is found up to the Alps. Its eastern range extends through central and northern Russia up to the Ural, through Siberia up to the Yenisei River.
Sterrhinae is a large subfamily of geometer moths with some 3,000 described species, with more than half belonging to the taxonomically difficult, very diverse genera, Idaea and Scopula. This subfamily was described by Edward Meyrick in 1892. They are the most diverse in the tropics with the number of species decreasing with increasing latitude and elevation.
Scopulini is a tribe of the geometer moth family (Geometridae), with about 900 species in seven genera. The tribe was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1845.
Scopula turbidaria is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in France, Spain and Portugal. It is also found in North Africa.
Scopula lactaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in Africa south of the Sahara and on some islands of the Indian Ocean. It can be distinguished from Scopula minorata only by genitalia examination.
Scopula addictaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Scopula alba is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in France, Italy and on Sicily and Corsica.
Scopula andalusiaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Spain and western North Africa.
Scopula rufomixtaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in France and on the Iberian Peninsula.
Scopula asellaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1847. It is found in southern Europe and North Africa.
Scopula beckeraria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1853. It is found in Italy, Croatia, North Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Armenia, Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.
Scopula benigna is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is endemic to Iran.
Scopula confinaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in southern Europe, southern Russia and Turkey.
Scopula immistaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Bulgaria, Ukraine and Russia.
Scopula submutata, the Mediterranean lace border, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in southern Europe, North Africa and the Near East. The habitat consists of open, dry grassland and rocky slopes.
Scopula pratana is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North Africa, the Canary Islands, the Near East and Yemen.
Scopula sacraria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Cyprus and the European part of Russia.
Scopula terminata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Afghanistan, Pakistan and China.
Scopula ochrea is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Yemen and Oman.