Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Scientific name Scopula actuaria | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Tribe Scopulini Rank Species | |
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Scopula actuaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. 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.
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Description
Wingspan is about 18mm. A black speck at end of cell of each wing. The bands reduced to minutely waved lines. The medial line excurved beyond cell of fore wings, the postmedial slightly angled at vein 4 and 6 of each wing.
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.
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