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Scopula caesaria

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Scopula caesaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It has a wide range, including the Comoros, Mayotte, La Réunion, Madagascar and in Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Gambia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates,[2] New Guinea, Taiwan, Japan and Australia (Queensland).

Scopula caesaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. caesaria
Binomial name
Scopula caesaria
(Walker, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acidalia caesaria Walker, 1861
  • Acidalia caesarea Fuchs, 1902
  • Acidalia faeculentaria Mabille, 1880
  • Acidalia obturbata Walker, 1861
  • Acidalia perfectaria Mabille, 1880
  • Acidalia rufimixtaria Warren, 1900

Adults of have brown wings with red zigzag markings.[3]

Subspecies

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  • Scopula caesaria caesaria
  • Scopula caesaria walkeros Wiltshire, [1981] (Oman, United Arab Emirates)

References

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  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. ^ Afro Moths
  3. ^ Australian Insects


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