Scopula episcia (Meyrick, 1888) (formerly known as Acidalia episcia) STERRHINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Mt Conner, Northern Territory)

The adult moths of this species have pale grey forewings, each with a dark broad irregular area along part of the costa. The hindwings each have a series of curvy dark arcs, which fade away toward the costa. Each wing has a dark spot near the middle. The abdomen is banded to match the pattern along the hind-margins of the hindwings The wingspan is about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in :

South Australia.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of new Australian Rhopalocera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 2, Part 4 (1888), p. 863, No. 30.

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(written 5 May 2022)