''Scopula guancharia'' 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 ...

of the family

Geometridae The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metr ...

. It is found on the

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Mo ...

. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ...

is 23–24 mm. Adults are on wing nearly year round. The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including ''

Calendula ''Calendula'' () is a genus of about 15–20 species''Calendula''.
Flora of China.

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Subspecies

*''Scopula guancharia guancharia'' *''Scopula guancharia illustris'' Pinker, 1968 *''Scopula guancharia mus'' Pinker, 1968 *''Scopula guancharia uniformis'' Pinker, 1968

References

Moths described in 1889 guancharia Moths of Africa Taxa named by Sergei Alphéraky {{Scopula-stub