Scopula virgulata

Scopula virgulata, the streaked wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Denis & Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.[1]It is found from most of Europe to central Asia and northern Mongolia.

Scopula virgulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. virgulata
Binomial name
Scopula virgulata
Synonyms
  • Geometra virgulata Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Geometra strigaria Hubner, 1799
  • Acidalia rossica Djakonov, 1926
  • Leptomeris sulcaria Hubner, 1825
  • Scopula virgularia
  • Acidalia substrigaria Staudinger, 1900

The wingspan is 20–22 millimetres (0.79–0.87 in). Adults are on wing from late July to August in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Carex and Inula species. Larvae can be found from August to June. It overwinters in the larval stage.

Subspecies
  • Scopula virgulata virgulata western, central, southern and eastern Europe, except the northern Baltic region and southern Finland)[2]
  • Scopula virgulata rossica Djakonov, 1926 (northern Baltic region, southern Finland, Gotland)
  • Scopula virgulata substrigaria (Staudinger, 1900) (Caucasus, western Sibiria, Altai, Mongolia)
  • Scopula virgulata subtilis Prout, 1935 (Russian Far East)
  • Scopula virgulata albicans Prout, 1934 (Japan)

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. "Scopula (Scopula) virgulata (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2017.


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