Scopula adelpharia

Scopula adelpharia is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Püngeler in 1894. It is found in North Africa, the Near East and Middle East.[2]

Scopula adelpharia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. adelpharia
Binomial name
Scopula adelpharia
(Püngeler, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acidalia adelpharia Püngeler 1894

The larvae feed on Convolvulus and Prosopis species.[3]

Subspecies
  • Scopula adelpharia adelpharia (Israel, Palestine)
  • Scopula adelpharia pharaonis Sterneck, 1933 (Egypt)

References
  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. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Scopula adelpharia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  3. Afro Moths


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