Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Tribe Scopulini | |
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Scopula opicata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in tropical Africa, including Malawi and Zambia, as well as in Sri Lanka, India, China (Hainan), Burma, Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Timor and New Guinea.
Description
Wingspan is 20mm. White moth with slightly irrorated with brown. Frons blackish. Abdomen with brown rings. Fore wings with prominent oblique brown line from lower angle of cell to inner margin near base. Another line runs from apex to middle of inner margin. Three submarginal lines diverging from the apex, of which the outer two are slightly waved. A marginal line present. Hind wings with sub-basal, antemedial, and medial prominent lines. Two waved postmedial lines and a marginal line present.
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