Scopula luteolata

Scopula luteolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Scopulini
Genus:	Scopula
Species:	S. luteolata
Binomial name
Scopula luteolata (Hulst, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
Cidaria luteolata Hulst, 1880 Leptomeris subfuscata Taylor, 1906

Scopula luteolata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in western North America. In Canada, the range extends from the mountains of south-western Alberta, north to Banff and west to Vancouver Island. In the United States, it has been recorded from Arizona, California, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.^[2] The habitat consists of montane wooded and shrubby openings and edges in forests.

The wingspan is 23–26 mm. Adults are yellow-brown, with darker grey-brown median and postmedian lines. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from mid June to late July in the northern part of the range.^[3]

References

1. Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
2. mothphotographersgroup
3. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum