Scopula erinaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1904. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.[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. erinaria
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| Scopula erinaria (C. Swinhoe, 1904)[1]
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Subspecies
edit- Scopula erinaria erinaria (Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania)
- Scopula erinaria isolata L. B. Prout, 1920 (South Africa)
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.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Scopula erinaria (Swinhoe, 1904)". Afromoths. Retrieved April 22, 2020.