Scopula infantilis

Scopula infantilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Genus:Scopula
Species: S. infantilis
Binomial name
Scopula infantilis

Scopula infantilis is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Madagascar.[2]

The length of its frontwing is 8mm and the holytype had been collected in the Ivelona valley, Andranomalaza, Madagascar. Its description has been published by C.Herbulot in 1970 in : C.Herbulot, Mémoire ORSTOM, no 37, 1970. LEPIDOPTERA GEOMETRIDAE DU TSARATANANA, [MADAGASCAR NORD] - MISSION DANS LE MASSIF DU TSARATANANA, 1966 [3]

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. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Scopula infantilis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  3. C.Herbulot, Mémoire ORSTOM, 1970


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