Scopula umbelaria

Scopula umbelaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Scopula
Species: S. umbelaria
Binomial name
Scopula umbelaria
(Hübner, [1813])[1]
Synonyms
  • Geometra umbelaria Hubner, 1813
  • Acidalia compararia Herrich-Schaffer, 1847
  • Phalaena sylvestrata Borkhausen, 1794
  • Acidalia majoraria Leech, 1897

Scopula umbelaria is a moth of the family Geometridae, described by Hübner in 1813. It is found in the Benelux, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, former Yugoslavia, Romania, Poland and Russia.[2] In the east, the range extends to the eastern part of the Palaearctic ecozone.

The wingspan is 29–33 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from late May to early July in one generation per year.[4]

The larvae feed on Prunus spinosa, Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, Clematis, Polygonum, Vicia and Solidago species.[5] Larvae can be found from the fall to May. The species overwinters in the larval stage.

Subspecies

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. Fauna Europaea
  3. lepidoptera.pl
  4. vlindernet.nl
  5. euroleps.ch


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