Scopula tessellaria
| Scopula tessellaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Scopulini |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. tessellaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula tessellaria (Boisduval, 1840)[1] | |
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Scopula tessellaria, the dusky-brown wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Albania, former Yugoslavia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Moldova, Ukraine and Russia.[2] In the east, the range extends to the Near East and the eastern part of the Palaearctic ecozone.
The larvae are polyphagous and have been recorded feeding on various low-growing plants,[3] including Origanum species.[4]
Subspecies
- Scopula tessellaria tessellaria
- Scopula tessellaria proutiana Sheljuzhko, 1955
Taxonomy
Scopula tessellaria guillaumei was described from the Alps of southern France, however, further research has shown that it is just an altitudinal form.
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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.
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
- ↑ lepiforum.de
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