Scopula xanthomelaena

Scopula xanthomelaena is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1957. It is found on Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands.[2]

Scopula xanthomelaena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. xanthomelaena
Binomial name
Scopula xanthomelaena
D. S. Fletcher, 1957[1]

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. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Scopula xanthomelaena". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 13, 2018.


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