Scopula sentinaria

Scopula sentinaria
S. sentinaria rufinaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Scopula
Species:	S. sentinaria
Binomial name
Scopula sentinaria (Geyer, 1837) [1]
Synonyms
Haematopis sentinariaGeyer, 1837 Holarctias sentinaria Thamnonoma graciliorButler, 1893 Aspilates spurariaChristoph, 1858 Acidalia rufinulariaStaudinger, 1901 Acidalia rufinariaStaudinger, 1861 Holarctias rufinaria(Staudinger, 1861) Acidalia rufociliariaBremer, 1864

Scopula sentinaria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Alaska to Labrador, south in the prairies to southern Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. In the mountains it ranges south to Colorado. ^[2] The species is also found in northern Russia ^[3] and the Sayan Mountains. The habitat consists of dry shrubby clearings and edges.

The wingspan is 20–27 mm. Adults are on wing from early June to late July in one generation in North America.

Larvae have been reared on Polygonum aviculare . Fourth or fifth instar larvae overwinter.

Subspecies

• Scopula sentinaria sentinaria - North America
• Scopula sentinaria rufinaria(Staudinger, 1861) - northern Russia
• Scopula sentinaria rufinularia(Staudinger, 1901) - Sayan Mountains

References

1. 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 .
2. Anweiler, G. G. (2007). "Species Details: Scopula sentinaria". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
3. Fauna Europaea