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Scopula modicaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Scopula
Species:	S. modicaria
Binomial name
Scopula modicaria (Leech, 1897)
Synonyms
Acidalia modicaria Leech, 1897 Acidalia virginaria Imaidzumi, 1941

Scopula modicaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1897. It is found in China, the Russian Far East, Korea and Japan.

The wingspan is 19–30 millimetres (0.75–1.18 in).

References

1. Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Scopula modicaria​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
3. Sterrhinae (Geometridae) collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
4. Five unrecorded species of Geometridae from Korea (Lepidoptera), with notes on eight little known species
5. "モントビヒメシャク Scopula modicaria (Leech, 1897)". みんなで作る日本産蛾類図鑑 [An Identification Guide of Japanese Moths Compiled by Everyone] (in Japanese). Retrieved July 3, 2020.

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