Scopula submutata
| Scopula submutata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Scopulini |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. submutata |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula submutata (Treitschke, 1828)[1] | |
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The Mediterranean Lace Border (Scopula submutata) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in southern Europe,[2] North Africa and the Near East. The habitat consists of open, dry grassland and rocky slopes.
The wingspan is 20–25 mm. There are two generations per year, with adults on wing from May to October.[3]
The larvae feed on Thymus species and Origanum vulgare.[4]
Subspecies
- Scopula submutata submutata (south-eastern Europe)
- Scopula submutata gedrensis Hausmann, 2003 (Liguria, southern France)
- Scopula submutata nivellearia (Wehrli, 1926) (Mallorca, Spain, Portugal)
- Scopula submutata roseonitens Wagner, 1926 (Pyrenees)
- Scopula submutata submutulata Rebel, 1902
- Scopula submutata taftanica Brandt, 1941 (Iran)
- Scopula submutata taurilibanotica Wehrli, 1932 (Cyprus)
- Scopula submutata transcaspia Prout, 1935
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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.
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ LOT Moths and Butterflies
- ↑ lepiforum.de