''Scopula rhodocraspeda'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
of the family
Geometridae. It is found in
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
.
This species is mustard-yellow to apricot-yellow with the costal edge of the forewing rosy, also the fringes.
Possibly this is a colour-form of ''
Scopula bistrigata''
(Pagenstecher).
Prout, L. B. 1932c. New genera and species of Sterrhinae (Fam. Geometridae). - Novitates Zoologicae 37:229–251
- on page 240
References
rhodocraspeda
Moths described in 1932
Taxa named by Louis Beethoven Prout
Moths of Madagascar
Moths of Africa
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