Scopula actuaria explained

Scopula actuaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found throughout the Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, from Afghanistan and Taiwan to the southern Moluccas and Timor. It is also found on the Chagos Archipelago.^[1]

Description

Its wingspan is about . There is a black speck at the end of the cell of each wing. The bands are reduced to minutely waved lines. The medial line excurved beyond cell of forewings, the postmedial slightly angled at vein 4 and 6 of each wing.^[2]

The larvae have been recorded on Theobroma species.

Subspecies

• Scopula actuaria actuaria
• Scopula actuaria nigranalis (Warren, 1896) (Timor)
• Scopula actuaria sheljuzhkoi Wiltshire, 1967 (Oriental tropics to Taiwan, Afghanistan)

External links

• Barnett . L. K. . Emms . C. W. . Holloway . J. D. . amp . July 1, 1999 . The moths of the Chagos Archipelago with notes on their biogeography . Journal of Natural History . 33 . 7 . 1021–1038 . 10.1080/002229399300065.
• The Moths of Borneo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Scopula actuaria Walker. The Moths of Borneo. 2 October 2016.
2. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

   . George Hampson . 1895 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma . Moths Volume III . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.