Scopula libyssa

Scopula libyssa is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Africa.

Scopula libyssa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. libyssa
Binomial name
Scopula libyssa
Synonyms
  • Aletis libyssa Hopffer, 1857
  • Cartaletis libyssa
  • Aletis ethelinda Kirby, 1896
  • Aletis helcita latifasciata Gaede, 1917
  • Cartaletis monteironis nigriventris Gaede, 1917
  • Cartaletis monteironis entebbena Strand, 1921
  • Aletis monteironis Druce, 1883
  • Cartaletis libyssa fusciventris Gaede, 1917

The larvae feed on Oxyanthus monteiroi, Oxyanthus speciosus and Randia axillare.[3]

Subspecies
  • Scopula libyssa libyssa (Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda)
  • Scopula libyssa ethelinda (Kirby, 1896) (Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania)
  • Scopula libyssa monteironis (Druce, 1883)
  • Scopula libyssa natalensis (Prout, 1917) (South Africa)
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References
  1. Cartaletis, Site of Markku Savela
  2. 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.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Cartaletis libyssa (Hopffer, 1857)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 6, 2018.


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