Scopula corrivalaria

Scopula corrivalaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Scopula
Species: S. corrivalaria
Binomial name
Scopula corrivalaria
(Kretschmar, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acidalia corrivalaria Kretschmar, 1862
  • Scopula corrivalaria f. limburgensis Prout, 1935

Scopula corrivalaria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Japan, Korea, China and the Russian Far East through Siberia and Russia to western Europe. In Europe, it ranges from northern Central Europe to the Mediterranean. The habitat consists of marshes and wet meadows.

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. Adults are cream to bone yellow. They are on wing from late June to mid July.

The larvae feed on Rumex hydrolapathum. Larvae can be found from August to May. The species overwinters in the larval stage.[2]

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. The Geometriod Moths of North Europe Lepidotera: Drepanidae and Geometridae