Scopula pauperata

Scopula pauperata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Borneo.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.

Scopula pauperata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. pauperata
Binomial name
Scopula pauperata
(Walker, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acidalia pauperata Walker, 1861
  • Scopula oedocnemis Prout, 1926

Adults are white with a variable grey fasciation and suffusion.[3]

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


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