Scopula emutaria
| Scopula emutaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. emutaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula emutaria (Hübner, 1809)[1][2] | |
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Scopula emutaria, the rosy wave, is a species of moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in western and south-western Europe and Romania.Also in North Africa. [3]
The wingspan is 23–26 mm.Easy to distinguish by its whitish ground-colour,slight or rather strong pink flush.Most striking is the straight broad line over the wing towards the wing tip.
Adults are on wing from June to July.[4]
The larvae feed on Beta maritima and Armeria maritima.[5]
Subspecies
- Scopula emutaria emutaria
- Scopula emutaria subroseata (Haworth, 1809)
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
- ↑ Prout , L.B. 1912–16. Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.
- ↑ UKmoths
- ↑ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
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