Scopula emutaria

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Rosy wave
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. emutaria
Binomial name
Scopula emutaria
(Hübner, 1809) [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Geometra emutariaHübner, 1809
  • Phalaena subroseataHaworth, 1809

Scopula emutaria, the rosy wave, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in western and south-western Europe and Romania. Also in North Africa. [3]

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The wingspan is 23–26 millimetres (0.91–1.02 in) (sometimes 20–24 millimetres (0.79–0.94 in)). Easy to distinguish by its whitish ground-colour, slight or rather strong pink flush. Most striking is the straight broad line over the wing towards the wing tip. [4] [5]

Adults are on wing from June to July. [6]

Figs.6, 6a larvae after final moult Buckler W The larvae of the British butterflies and moths PlateCXIX.jpg
Figs.6, 6a larvae after final moult

It is a coastal species. The larvae feed on sea beet and Armeria maritima . [7]

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ "Scopula (Calothysanis) emutaria (Hübner, 1809)". Fauna Europaea . 2.6.2. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x .
  3. ↑ Prout, L.B. 1912–16. Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.
  4. ↑ Peder Skou (1986). Leif Lyneborg (ed.). The Geometroid Moths of North Europe (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae and Geometridae) (in Danish). Vol. 6. Translated by Elizabeth Folino. E.J. Brill/Scandinavian Science Press. p. 48. ISBN   978-9004078598.
  5. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  6. ↑ UKmoths
  7. ↑ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa


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