Scopula rubraria
Appearance
Scopula rubraria | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Scopula |
Species: | S. rubraria
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Binomial name | |
Scopula rubraria | |
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Scopula rubraria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is native to both New Zealand and Australia.
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was first described by Edward Doubleday in 1843 and originally named Ptychopoda rubraria.[1][2]
Description
[edit]The wingspan is about 20 millimetres (0.79 in).
Distribution
[edit]It is found throughout New Zealand and in the coastal regions of south eastern Australia and throughout Tasmania.[3]
Host species
[edit]The larvae feed on Plantago lanceolata.[4] Larvae have also been raised on Medicago sativa and on the New Zealand endemic plantain Plantago spathulata.[5]
References
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- ^ a b c Pasi Sihvonen (April 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. ISSN 1096-3642. Wikidata Q54576267.
- ^ Dieffenbach, Ernst. Travels in New Zealand with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. Vol. 2. London: J. Murray. pp. 286–287.
- ^ Philippa J. Gerard; Bruce A. Philip; Colin M. Ferguson; Tina M. Eden (12 December 2017). "Oviposition and development of two plantain pests, Scopula rubraria and Epyaxa rosearia (Lepidoptera: geometridae)". New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 61 (4): 414–424. doi:10.1080/00288233.2017.1400445. ISSN 0028-8233. Wikidata Q113263052.
- ^ Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (9 July 2006). "Scopula rubraria". uts.edu.au. Archived from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
- ^ "Scopula rubraria (Doubleday, 1843)". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2023.