Scopula dhofarata Wiltshire, 1986

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Permalink:	SCOPDHOF
Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/  Sterrhinae (subfamily)/  Scopulini (tribe)/  Scopula (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Wiltshire, 1986
Citation:	Scopula dhofarata n. sp.
Original genus:	Scopula
Publication:	Wiltshire E. P. 1986. Lepidoptera of Saudi Arabia: fam. Cossidae, Sesiidae, Metarbelidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae (Heterocera); fam. Satyridae (Rhopalocera) (part 5).
Journal:	Fauna of Saudi Arabia
Volume:	8
Issue:
Pagination:	276–277, figs 9, 10, 85

Scopula dhofarata (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Scopula dhofarata Wiltshire, 1986	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, genitalia slide 2244♀, NHMUK	Oman	Oman, Dhofar, Thamarit Road, 02.x.1979.
Scopula dhofarata Wiltshire, 1986	Paratype	♂	NHMUK	Paratypes 1♂, 9♀, genitalia slides 2243♂, 2254♀, 2255♀, 2251♀, NHMUK.	Oman	Oman, Dhofar, Thamarit Road, 02.x.1979.

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DNA voucher(s)
BC ZSM Lep 60514

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Scopula dhofarata Wiltshire, 1986	Oman		Wiltshire E. P. 1986. Lepidoptera of Saudi Arabia: fam. Cossidae, Sesiidae, Metarbelidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae (Heterocera); fam. Satyridae (Rhopalocera) (part 5). page 276
Scopula dhofarata Wiltshire, 1986	Yemen	Socotra	Hausmann A. 2009b. New and interesting geometrid moths from Sokotra islands (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). page 96
Scopula dhofarata Wiltshire, 1986	Yemen		Hausmann A. 2006. The geometrid moth species from Yemen – With 50 new records for the country and description of 20 new taxa (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). page 29

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Scopula dhofarata Wiltshire, 1986	Undefined polyphagous	Undefined		Hausmann A., Stadie D. & Fiebig R. 2016. Family Geometridae Leach, [1815]. – In: Hacker H. (Ed.), Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea, Zygaenoidea, Thyridoidea and Hyblaeoidea of the Arabia Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepidoptera). page 90

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Scopula dhofarata (1)

Scopula dhofarata (2)

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination