Scopula episcia (Meyrick, 1888)
(formerly known as Acidalia episcia)
STERRHINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Scopula episcia
(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.

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

The species has been found in :

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory, and
  • South Australia.


    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)