Scopula leucopis

Scopula leucopis is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Prout in 1926. It is found on Borneo.[2]

Scopula leucopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. leucopis
Binomial name
Scopula leucopis
Prout, 1926[1]

Adults are large and whitish species. The wings are fasciated with fawn and lightly flecked with black scales.[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 leucopis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  3. Jeremy Daniel Holloway (1997). Moths of Borneo. Malayan Nature Society. p. 80. ISBN 9789839991543.


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