Scopula siccata
| Scopula siccata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Scopulini |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. siccata |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula siccata McDunnough, 1939[1] | |
Scopula siccata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from northern Colorado north through Wyoming, western Montana and Idaho to southern British Columbia and south-western Alberta.[2] The habitat consists of dry slopes in mountainous areas.
The wingspan is 23–24 mm. Adults are grey-brown with a contrasting narrow dark median band and a narrower post-median line across both wings.
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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.
- ↑ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum