Scopula opicata

Scopula opicata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798.^[1] It is found in tropical Africa, including Malawi and Zambia,^[2] as well as in Sri Lanka, India, China (Hainan), Myanmar, Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Timor and New Guinea.^[3]

Scopula opicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Scopula
Species:	S. opicata
Binomial name
Scopula opicata (Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
Phalaena opicata Fabricius, 1798 Pigia infantularia Guenée, 1857 Micronia vanaria Walker, 1861

Description

Its wingspan is 20 millimetres (0.79 in). The species is white slightly sprinkled with brown. Frons blackish. Abdomen with brown rings. Forewings with prominent oblique brown line from lower angle of cell to inner margin near base. Another line runs from apex to middle of inner margin. Three submarginal lines diverging from the apex, of which the outer two are slightly waved. A marginal line present. Hindwings with sub-basal, antemedial, and medial prominent lines. Two waved postmedial lines and a marginal line present.^[4]