Scopula diffinaria

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

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

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

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. ↑ 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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