Scopula asellaria
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. asellaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Scopula asellaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)[1]
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Scopula asellaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1847. It is found in southern Europe[2] and North Africa.
The larvae feed on the flowers of Silene species.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]- Scopula asellaria asellaria
- Scopula asellaria dentatolineata (Wehrli, 1926) (Spain)
- Scopula asellaria gerstbergeri (Hausmann, 1993) (Canary Islands)
- Scopula asellaria isabellaria (Milliére, 1868) (Spain)
- Scopula asellaria lenzi (Hausmann, 1993) (Morocco)
- Scopula asellaria philipparia (Prout, 1913) (Algeria)
- Scopula asellaria romanaria (Milliére, 1869) (Italy)
- Scopula asellaria tripolitana (Turati, 1930) (Libya)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Scopula (Calothysanis) asellaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
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