Scardamia metallaria

Scardamia metallaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] India and Australia.

Scardamia metallaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Scardamia
Species:
S. metallaria
Binomial name
Scardamia metallaria
Guenée, 1858

Host plants of caterpillar include Flacourtia species.[3][4]

References
  1. "Species Details: Scardamia metallaria Guenée, 1858". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Scardamia metallaria Guenée, 1857". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  4. "Scardamia Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 17 March 2018.


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