Scopula confusa
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| Scopula confusa | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. confusa |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula confusa | |
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Scopula confusa is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is found in southern Japan[2] and the Russian Far East.[3]
The wingspan is 27–30 millimetres (1.1–1.2 in).[4]
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 confusa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- ^ Sterrhinae (Geometridae) collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
- ^ Japanese Moths