Scopula actuaria

Scopula actuaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found throughout the Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, from Afghanistan and Taiwan to the southern Moluccas and Timor. It is also found on the Chagos Archipelago.[2]

Scopula actuaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. actuaria
Binomial name
Scopula actuaria
(Walker, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acidalia actuaria Walker, 1861
  • Ptychopoda nigranalis Warren, 1896
  • Craspedia parumnotata Warren, 1896
  • Scopula actuaria sheljuzhkoi Wiltshire, 1967

Description

Its wingspan is about 18 millimetres (0.71 in). There is a black speck at the end of the cell of each wing. The bands are reduced to minutely waved lines. The medial line excurved beyond cell of forewings, the postmedial slightly angled at vein 4 and 6 of each wing.[3]

There is some variability in the ornamentation of the male eighth sternite throughout its range, even within a single locality.

The larvae have been recorded on Theobroma species.

Subspecies
  • Scopula actuaria actuaria
  • Scopula actuaria nigranalis (Warren, 1896) (Timor)
  • Scopula actuaria sheljuzhkoi Wiltshire, 1967 (Oriental tropics to Taiwan, Afghanistan)
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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. "Scopula actuaria Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • Barnett, L. K.; Emms, C. W. & Holloway, J. D. (July 1, 1999). "The moths of the Chagos Archipelago with notes on their biogeography". Journal of Natural History. 33 (7): 1021–1038. doi:10.1080/002229399300065.
  • The Moths of Borneo


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