Scopula incanata
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. incanata |
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| Scopula incanata (Linnaeus, 1758)[1] | |
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Scopula incanata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from north-eastern Europe and the Caucasus to southern Siberia and northern Mongolia.
The wingspan is 25–28 mm. Adults are on wing from late July to August in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Thymus and Polygonum species. Larvae can be found from August to May. It overwinters in the larval stage.
Subspecies
- Scopula incanata incanata
- Scopula incanata ibericata Reisser 1935
- Scopula incanata rubeni Viidalepp, 1979
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- ↑ 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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