''Scopula libyssa'' 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. It is found in

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

. The larvae feed on '' Oxyanthus monteiroi'', '' Oxyanthus speciosus'' and '' Randia axillare''.

Subspecies

*''Scopula libyssa libyssa'' (Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda) *''Scopula libyssa ethelinda'' (Kirby, 1896) (Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania) *''Scopula libyssa monteironis'' (Druce, 1883) *''Scopula libyssa natalensis'' (Prout, 1917) (South Africa)

References

Moths described in 1858

libyssa Libyssa ( grc, Λίβυσσα) or Libysa (Λίβισσα), was a town on the north coast of the Sinus Astacenus in ancient Bithynia, on the road from Nicaea to Chalcedon. It was celebrated in antiquity as the place containing the tomb of the great ...

Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa {{Scopula-stub