Scopula subdecorata

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Scopula subdecorata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. subdecorata
Binomial name
Scopula subdecorata
(Warren, 1896) [1]
Synonyms
  • Craspedia subdecorataWarren, 1896

Scopula subdecorata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Borneo. [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.

Borneo island

Borneo is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and east of Sumatra.

Scopula subdecorata is the montane sister-species of Scopula vacuata .

Scopula vacuata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of lowland forests but it can occur as high as 1,000 metres in the lower montane forest zone. The species is often found in softwood plantations and secondary forests in lowland Sabah.

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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. ↑ The Moths of Borneo


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