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|authority = [[Oswald Bertram Lower|Lower]], 1902<ref>{{aut|Sihvonen, P.}}, 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). ''[[Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society]]'' '''143''': 473–530.</ref>
|authority = [[Oswald Bertram Lower|Lower]], 1902<ref>{{aut|Sihvonen, P.}}, 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). ''[[Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society]]'' '''143''': 473–530.</ref>
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*''Emmiltis ablativa'' <small>Dognin, 1911</small>
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*''Emmiltis achroa'' <small>Lower, 1902</small>
*''Emmiltis achroa'' <small>Lower, 1902</small>
*''Dasybela achroa''
*''Dasybela achroa''

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Scopula achroa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. achroa
Binomial name
Scopula achroa
Lower, 1902[1]
Synonyms
  • Emmiltis achroa Lower, 1902
  • Dasybela achroa

Scopula achroa, the Tasmanian saltmarsh looper moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Lower in 1902. It is only found in the saltmarshes of Tasmania.[2]

Adults have brown wings with zigzag markings.

References

  1. ^ Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
  2. ^ Australian Insects