Lead belle | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Scotopteryx |
Species: | S. mucronata |
Binomial name | |
Scotopteryx mucronata | |
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Scotopteryx mucronata, the lead belle, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in most of Europe, Turkey, Ukraine, West Siberia.
The wingspan is 30–38 mm. See Townsend et al. [2]
Adults are on wing from May to June in one generation per year. [3]
The larvae feed on Ulex and Cytisus species. The species overwinters in the larval stage.
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