Scopula Rhodocraspeda
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''Scopula rhodocraspeda'' 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
Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. This species is mustard-yellow to apricot-yellow with the costal edge of the forewing rosy, also the fringes. Possibly this is a colour-form of '' Scopula bistrigata'' (Pagenstecher).Prout, L. B. 1932c. New genera and species of Sterrhinae (Fam. Geometridae). - Novitates Zoologicae 37:229–251
- on page 240


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rhodocraspeda Moths described in 1932 Taxa named by Louis Beethoven Prout Moths of Madagascar Moths of Africa {{Scopula-stub