Scopula gastonaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Oberthür in 1876. It is endemic to Algeria.[2]

Scopula gastonaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. gastonaria
Binomial name
Scopula gastonaria
(Oberthür, 1876)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tephrina gastonaria Oberthur, 1876
  • Eubolia gastonaria
  • Acidalia luteofasciata Rothschild, 1913
  • Acidalia gastonaria candicans Prout, 1913
  • Eubolia gastonaria obscuraria Bang-Haas, 1910

Subspecies edit

  • Scopula gastonaria gastonaria (Algeria)
  • Scopula gastonaria luteofasciata (Rothschild, 1913) (southern Algeria)

References edit

  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 gastonaria​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.