Scopula butleri (Prout)

Choi, Sei-Woong & Kim, Sung-Soo, 2016, A checklist of the genus Scopula (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) including description of a new species and three newly recorded species from Korea, Zootaxa 4178 (1), pp. 131-137 : 134

Scopula butleri (Prout)

( Figs 1 B, 2D, 2E, 2F)

Acidalia butleri Prout, 1913: 78 . TL: [INDIA] Dharamsala.

Craspedia insolata Butler, 1889: 22 . TL: [ INDIA] Kangra district , Dharamsala. [Junior secondary homonym of Acidalia insolata Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875 ]

Material examined. [JN] 1 Ƌ Bijarim, JJ: Jeju, 1 Aug. 2002 (J.C. Sohn).

Diagnosis. This species (wingspan 15mm) is distinguished by dentate blackish subtermen on whitish fore- and hindwings. The male abdomen and genitalia can be distinguished by the short claw-like left and long, medially bent right cerata on the eighth sternite, the long digitate socii, and the short, distally tapered fibula and thumb-like valvula.

Biology. The species feeds on Bryophyte species in Japan ( Kaneko 2011).

Distribution. Korea, Japan, China, India.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Adults of Scopula in Korea. Scale bar = 10 mm. A. Scopula paraconfusa (Holotype, Mt. Bangtae-san, GW: Inje, 17 Jul. 2011); B. S. butleri (Bijarim, JJ: Seogwipo, 1 Aug. 2002); C. S. disclusaria (Mt. Jungang, GW: Jeongseon, 14. Jun. 2013); D. S. hypochra (Gumsan, GN: Namhae, 14. Jun. 2013).