''Scopula adelpharia'' is a

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of the family

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. It was described by Püngeler in 1894. It is found in

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in t ...

, the Near East and

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. The larvae feed on ''

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Flora of China.

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Subspecies

*''Scopula adelpharia adelpharia'' (Israel, Palestine) *''Scopula adelpharia pharaonis'' Sterneck, 1933 (Egypt)

References

Moths described in 1894 adelpharia Moths of Africa Moths of Asia Taxa named by Rudolf Püngeler {{Scopula-stub