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Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894)

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Higher taxa: Geometridae (family)/  Sterrhinae (subfamily)/  Scopulini (tribe)/  Scopula (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Püngeler, 1894)
Citation:Acidalia adelpharia n. sp.
Original genus:Acidalia
Publication:Püngeler R. 1894. Acidalia adelpharia n. sp.
Journal:Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung
Volume:55
Issue:
Pagination:76–77
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33379244

Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Scopula by L. B. Prout (1934: 262). Previously misidentified as Scopula minorata ochroleucaria(Herrich-Schäffer, 1847) by E. P. Wiltshire (1980), see A. Hausmann, D. Stadie & R. Fiebig (2016: 92).

Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894) Syntype Syntypes 1♂, 2♀. Israel [Israel], Palestine, Jericho, 23.iii.1892, leg. P. Püngeler.

DNA voucher(s)
BC ZSM Lep 70445 
Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Egypt, Israel, Palestine.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894) Bahrain Wiltshire E. P. 1964. The Lepidoptera of Bahrain. page 139
Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894) Djibouti 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 92
Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894) Ethiopia Fletcher D. S. 1978a. Geometridae (Lepidoptera) collected by Dr. J. Szunyoghy in Tanzania. page 503
Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894) Gambia page R. Goff
Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894) Kenya Fletcher D. S. 1978a. Geometridae (Lepidoptera) collected by Dr. J. Szunyoghy in Tanzania. page 503
Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894) Oman Wiltshire E. P. 1977b. The scientific results of the Oman flora and fauna survey 1975. Lepidoptera: Part I Families Cossidae, Pyralidae, Geometridae, Sphingidae, Arctiidae, Lymantriidae and Noctuidae. Part II A list of further Lepidoptera-Heterocera from Oman. Part III Pyral... page 166
Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894) Saudi Arabia Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 267 (as actuaria)
Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894) Somalia Fletcher D. S. 1978a. Geometridae (Lepidoptera) collected by Dr. J. Szunyoghy in Tanzania. page 503
Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894) Sudan Wiltshire E. P. 1985c. New Geometridae from Africa, with a list of additions to the Lepidoptera fauna of the Sudan (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). page 14
Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894) Tanzania Fletcher D. S. 1978a. Geometridae (Lepidoptera) collected by Dr. J. Szunyoghy in Tanzania. page 58
Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894) United Arab Emirates Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. page 5
Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894) Yemen Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 267 (as actuaria)
Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894) Yemen Socotra Rebel H. 1907a. Lepidopteren aus Südarabien und von der Insel Sokotra. page 98 (as ochroleucata)
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scopula pharaonis Sterneck, 1933 Sterneck, 1933 species Synonym Scopula pharaonis