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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. lactaria
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| Scopula lactaria | |
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Scopula lactaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in Africa south of the Sahara and on some islands of the Indian Ocean ( Sokotra and Réunion). [3] It can be distinguished from Scopula minorata only by genitalia examination.
The wingspan is 15–20 millimetres (0.59–0.79 in).
- Scopula lactaria lactaria
- Scopula lactaria gaboosi Hausmann, 1998
- ^ Scoble, M. J. & Hausmann, A. (2007). "Scopula lactaria". Lepidoptera Barcode of Life. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Scopula lactaria (Walker, 1861)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 31, 2018.