Scopula siccata

Scopula siccata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Scopula
Species: S. siccata
Binomial name
Scopula siccata
McDunnough, 1939[1]

Scopula siccata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from northern Colorado north through Wyoming, western Montana and Idaho to southern British Columbia and south-western Alberta.[2] The habitat consists of dry slopes in mountainous areas.

The wingspan is 23–24 mm. Adults are grey-brown with a contrasting narrow dark median band and a narrower post-median line across both wings.

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.
  2. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum


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