''Scopula addictaria'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Geometridae The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''met ...

. It was described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

Description

The wingspan is about . Hindwings with more or less angled outer margin at vein 4. It is an ochreous-white moth with bright ochreous. Postmedial line of forewings sinuous and much excurved below costa instead of minutely waved. The patches bright rufous, and the sub-marginal markings bluish grey.

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* Moths described in 1861 addictaria Moths of Asia {{Scopula-stub