Scopula confinaria

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

Scopula confinaria
Scientific classification
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

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. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa


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