Scopula confusa

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]

Scopula confusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. confusa
Binomial name
Scopula confusa
(Butler, 1878)[1]
Synonyms
  • Asthena confusa Butler, 1878

The wingspan is 27–30 millimetres (1.1–1.2 in).[4]

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 confusa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  3. Sterrhinae (Geometridae) collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
  4. Japanese Moths


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