Scopula caesaria (Walker, 1861) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Scopula caesaria (Walker, 1861)

Scopula caesaria (Walker, 1861)

Scopula caesaria is a widely distributed Geometridae moth with brown wings bearing red zigzag markings.

Family
Genus
Scopula
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Scopula caesaria (Walker, 1861)

Scopula caesaria (Walker, 1861) is a moth species that belongs to the family Geometridae. This species has a wide geographic distribution, covering the Comoros, Mayotte, La Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Gambia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, New Guinea, Taiwan, Japan, and Queensland, Australia. Adult individuals of this species have brown wings marked with red zigzag patterns.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Scopula

More from Geometridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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