Scopula frigidaria

Scopula frigidaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Scopula
Species:	S. frigidaria
Binomial name
Scopula frigidaria (Möschler, 1869)[1]
Synonyms
Acidalia frigidaria Moschler, 1860 Acidalia schoeyeni Sparre-Schneider, 1883 Acidalia arcticaria Walker, 1863 Acidalia defixaria Walker, 1861 Acidalia impauperata Walker, 1861 Acidalia okakaria Packard, 1867

Scopula frigidaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Kamchatka Peninsula and in northern North America, where it occurs across the boreal forest region, from Alaska across the Northwest Territories and Nunavut to Newfoundland, and in the mountains south to southern Wisconsin, Alberta and British Columbia.

The wingspan is 21–23 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to June in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium myrtillus. Larvae can be found from July to May. It overwinters in the larval stage.

Subspecies

• Scopula frigidaria frigidaria
• Scopula frigidaria schoyeni (Schneider, 1883) (Kola Peninsula, Fennoscandia)

References

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

External links

• mothphotographersgroup
• Species info