Scopula junctaria
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Scopulini |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. junctaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula junctaria (Walker, 1861)[1] | |
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The Simple Wave (Scopula junctaria) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in the whole of Canada and the northern United States, south to Maryland, Arizona and California.
The wingspan is 20–26 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to August. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on various plants, including chickweed, clover and elm.
Subspecies
- Scopula junctaria junctaria
- Scopula junctaria quinquelinearia (Packard, 1871)
- Scopula junctaria johnstonaria McDunnough, 1941
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- ↑ Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.