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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 compensata - Hodges#7152 (Scopula compensata)
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Geo - Scopula compensata
Copyright © 2009 Mike Quinn

Geo - Scopula compensata
south Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
September 6, 2008
At lights in small mesic patch under an oak-willow canopy...

Photo determined by Ed Knudson, Texas Lepidoptera Society, Houston.
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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 15 January, 2009 - 3:32pm
Last updated 9 December, 2017 - 9:14pm

Moved
Moved from Large Lace-border.

Sorry, I meant to place this here. Note, this species may or may not have the dark patches, beyond the PM line.
Please check the shape of the PM line, here:
… Bob Biagi, 9 December, 2017 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Scopula benitaria.
… Bob Biagi, 9 December, 2017 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

Geometrid Moth
I was wondering about this ID and now I know why.
Most of the BOLD specimens are showing a sharper tooth on the PM line, near the costal edge for Scopula benitaria. I think that Scopula compensata is more likely it, but they are very similar.
… Bob Biagi, 30 May, 2017 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

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