Scopula confinaria

Scopula confinaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. confinaria
Binomial name
Scopula confinaria
Synonyms
  • Acidalia confinaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1847
  • Glossotrophia confinaria
  • Glossotrophia aetnaea Prout, 1935
  • Glossotrophia prouti Hausmann, 1993
  • Glossotrophia scoblei Hausmann, 1993
  • Glossotrophia corrivularia Millière, 1869
  • Glossotrophia perfalsaria Prout, 1934

Scopula confinaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in southern Europe, southern Russia[2] and Turkey.

The larvae feed on Silene and Dianthus species.[3]

Subspecies

  • Scopula confinaria confinaria
  • Scopula confinaria aetnaea (Prout, 1935)
  • Scopula confinaria prouti (Hausmann, 1993)
  • Scopula confinaria scoblei (Hausmann, 1993)

Scopula sacraria is treated as a subspecies (Scopula confinaria sacraria) by some authors. The same is true for Scopula uberaria (Scopula confinaria uberaria).

References

  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. ^ "Scopula (Calothysanis) confinaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. ^ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
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