Species Scopula oppilata (Walker, 1861)

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• Acidalia oppilata Walker, F. 1861. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 23: 756-1020 [776].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Australia: [Queensland], Moreton Bay.
• Acidalia stipataria Walker, F. 1861. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 23: 756-1020 [779].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Australia: [Queensland], Moreton Bay.
• Acidalia crossophragma Meyrick, E. 1886. Descriptions of Lepidoptera from the South Pacific. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1886: 189-296 [206].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, ♀, [Papua] New Guinea: Port Moresby; [Australia]: North-East Australia [Queensland].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Turner, A.J. 1908. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 631-700 [11 Mar. 1908] [662]

General References

McQuillan, P.B. & Edwards, E.D. 1996. Geometridae. pp. 200-228 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [222] (Note #343: Scopula oppilata (Walker, 1861) and S. stipararia (Walker, 1861) were published simultaneously. Priority was given to S. oppilata (Walker) by Turner (1908a: 662) as first reviser)

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