Scopula fuscata

Scopula fuscata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Scopula
Species: S. fuscata
Binomial name
Scopula fuscata
(Hulst, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acidalia fuscata Hulst, 1887

Scopula fuscata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from south-western Saskatchewan west to British Columbia and south to California and Arizona.[2] The habitat consists of montane areas, including foothills.

The wingspan is 24–28 mm. The wings and body are light tan, sprinkled with darker yellow-brown or grey-brown scales. There is one generation per year with adults on wing in late June and early July in the northern part of the range.

Taxonomy

The name Scopula fuscata is a junior secondary homonym of Phalaena fuscata described by Fabricius in 1794 and requires a replacement name.

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. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum