Scopula nigricosta

Scopula nigricosta, described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1916, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Malawi.[2]

Scopula nigricosta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. nigricosta
Binomial name
Scopula nigricosta
(Prout, 1916)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cartaletis nigricosta Prout, 1916

Taxonomy

Scopula nigricosta is a junior secondary homonym of Synelys nigricosta described by Paul Dognin in 1911 and requires a replacement name.

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. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Cartaletis nigricosta (Prout L. B., 1916)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 15, 2017.


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