Scopula costata 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. costata
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| Scopula costata | |
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Description
editIts wingspan is 26 millimetres (1.0 in). It is a white moth irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. Frons fuscous. Base of collar fulvous. Forewings 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 is present, with a marginal specks series, and an indistinct marginal band. Hindwings with antemedial, postmedial, submarginal and marginal bands. Ventral side with fuscous suffusion in cell of forewings.[3]
References
edit- ^ 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 costata". 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.