Scopula pedilata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. pedilata
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Description
editIts wingspan is about 22 mm. It is a white moth with fuscous palpi. Forewings irrorated (sprinkled) with a few black scales and with two minute cell-specks. There are traces of a medial line angled below the costa. The postmedial line running out to two angles below costa and one on vein 3. A rufous-brown band found beyond it with waved outer edge and terminating in a black patch. Traces of a pale submarginal rufous line. Hindwings with slightly waved antemedial line. Black cell-speck present. Postmedial slightly sinuous line, with pale rufous band beyond it. A crenulate (scalloped) marginal line.[3]
References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Scopula pedilata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.