Scopula diffinaria

Scopula diffinaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Armenia,[3] Georgia,[4] Russia and Turkey.

Scopula diffinaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. diffinaria
Binomial name
Scopula diffinaria
(Prout, 1913)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Glossotrophia diffinaria Prout, 1913

The larvae possibly feed on Silene species and Linum catharticum.[5]

References
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  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. Fauna Europaea
  3. lepiforum.de
  4. Georgian Biodiversity Database
  5. Nectar plants and larval food-plants of the genus Glossotrophia (Geometridae, Sterrhinae): studies on pollen grains attached to museum specimens


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