Scopula plantagenaria

Scopula plantagenaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Scopula
Species: S. plantagenaria
Binomial name
Scopula plantagenaria
(Hulst, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ephyra plantagenaria Hulst, 1887
  • Ptychopoda canthema Schaus, 1901
  • Scopula hieronyma Prout, 1922

Scopula plantagenaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from California to Utah east to Florida and Missouri.[2][3]

The wingspan is about 21 mm.

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. Bug Guide
  3. mothphotographersgroup


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