Scopula costata

Scopula costata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Scopula
Species: S. costata
Binomial name
Scopula costata
(Moore, [1887])[1]
Synonyms
  • Deilinia costata Moore, 1887

Scopula costata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

Description

Wingspan is 26mm. White moth irrorated with fuscous. Frons fuscous. Base of collar fulvous. Fore wings with a fulvous costal fascia. There is an indistinct antemedial slightly waved oblique fuscous line, and more oblique narrow medial and two postmedial bands. A cell-speck present, with a marginal specks series, and indistinct marginal band. Hind wings with antemedial, postmedial, submarginal and marginal bands. Ventral side with fuscous suffusion in cell of fore wings.[3]

References

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  1. Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
  2. LepIndex
  3. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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