''Scopula confinaria'' is a

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of the family Geometridae. It is found in southern

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, southern

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and

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. The larvae feed on '' Silene'' and '' Dianthus'' species.Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
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Subspecies

*''Scopula confinaria confinaria'' *''Scopula confinaria aetnaea'' (Prout, 1935) *''Scopula confinaria prouti'' (Hausmann, 1993) *''Scopula confinaria scoblei'' (Hausmann, 1993) '' Scopula sacraria'' is treated as a subspecies (''Scopula confinaria sacraria'') by some authors. The same is true for '' Scopula uberaria'' (''Scopula confinaria uberaria'').

References

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Moths of Europe Moths of Asia Moths described in 1847 confinaria Taxa named by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer {{Scopula-stub