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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Sterrhinae » Scopulini » Scopula » Scopula timandrata - Hodges#7160 (Scopula timandrata)

Species Scopula timandrata - Hodges#7160

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)

Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)

Subfamily Sterrhinae

Tribe Scopulini

Genus Scopula

Species timandrata (Scopula timandrata - Hodges#7160)

Hodges Number

7160

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Scopula timandrata (Walker, 1861)

Acidalia timandrata Walker, 1861

Size

Wingspan is 24-27 mm. (1)

Identification

Determined by Bob Patterson.

Range

Georgia and Florida. (2), (3)

Season

Heppner (2003) has Florida records from Feb-Apr, Jun-Jul, Sep-Nov. (3)

Food

Larval host is unknown. (3)

Remarks

It may turn out that this species is conspecific with S. limboundata. Covell mentions that the two have identical genitalia and suggests that timandrata may be just a form of limboundata. (4) As of 2016, BOLD does not appear to be able to separate the two by DNA.

See Also

Scopula limboundata - S. timandrata "...is easily recognized by its similarity in maculation to the relevata form of limboundata, but with the red fringe, and ruddier ground color." (4)

Print References

Walker, 1861. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera Heterocera. 23: 724.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

4.	A Revision of the North American Species of the Genus Scopula (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) Covell, C.V. 1970. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 96(2):101-221.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 March, 2013 - 7:30pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 4 June, 2016 - 1:52pm

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