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Species Scopula purata - Chalky Wave - Hodges#7158

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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 purata (Chalky Wave - Hodges#7158)
Hodges Number
7158
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Scopula purata (Guenée, 1857)
Acidalia purata Guenee, 1857
Synelys nigrocandida (Hulst, 1898)
Range
New Hampshire to Florida to Mississippi
Print References
Guenee, 1857. List of the specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. p. 720