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Scopula modicaria

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Scopula modicaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. modicaria
Binomial name
Scopula modicaria
(Leech, 1897)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acidalia modicaria Leech, 1897
  • Acidalia virginaria Imaidzumi, 1941

Scopula modicaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1897. It is found in China,[2] the Russian Far East,[3] Korea[4] and Japan.

The wingspan is 19–30 millimetres (0.75–1.18 in).[5]

References

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  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 modicaria​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  3. ^ Sterrhinae (Geometridae) collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
  4. ^ Five unrecorded species of Geometridae from Korea (Lepidoptera), with notes on eight little known species
  5. ^ "モントビヒメシャク Scopula modicaria (Leech, 1897)". みんなで作る日本産蛾類図鑑 [An Identification Guide of Japanese Moths Compiled by Everyone] (in Japanese). Retrieved July 3, 2020.