Scopula aspilataria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Scopula |
Species: | S. aspilataria
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Binomial name | |
Scopula aspilataria | |
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Scopula aspilataria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in Sri Lanka. [2] [3]
The wingspan is about 22 millimetres (0.87 in). The male is creamy colored with blackish frons. Wings irrorated (sprinkled) with a few black scales. Forewings with antemedial, and both wings with medial, postmedial, submarginal, and marginal very slightly waved bands of a darker tint than the ground color. A series of minute marginal black specks can be seen. [4]