Scopula rubiginata

Scopula rubiginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species: S. rubiginata
Binomial name
Scopula rubiginata
(Hufnagel, 1767)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena rubiginata Hufnagel, 1767
  • Phalaena domialla Fourcroy, 1785
  • Geometra rubricaria Hubner, 1799
  • Geometra rubricata Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Idaea subangularia Herrich-Schaffer, 1839
  • Phalaena Geometra variata Villers, 1789
  • Geometra vittata Thunberg, 1784

Scopula rubiginata, the tawny wave, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula up to the Ural. In the North its range extends to Denmark and Southern Sweden and Finland. It is not present in most of the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula (with the exception of Gibraltar), Sicily and the southern Greek islands. In Morocco it is found in the Atlas mountains. Furthermore, it is also present in North Turkey, the Caucasus and the Crimea. Eastwards, its range stretches through southern Siberia, the northern central Asian mountains up to Mongolia.

The wingspan is 16–22 mm. The moth flies in one (June to August), two (May to June and July to September) or three (in overlapping generations from April to October) generations depending on the location.

The larva feed on various herbaceous plants, including Thymus glabrescens, Calluna vulgaris, Artemisia campestris, Rumex acetosella, Thymus serpyllum, Medicago lupulina, Vicia, Lotus, Trifolium, Cytisus scoparius, Thalictrum, Galium, Taraxacum officinale and Convolvulus arvensis.

Subspecies

Subspecies Scopula rubiginata ochraceata is mostly treated as a species, Scopula ochraceata.

References

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


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