Scopula emutaria
| Rosy wave | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. emutaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula emutaria (Hübner, 1809)[1][2] | |
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Scopula emutaria, the rosy wave, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in western and south-western Europe and Romania. Also in North Africa.[3]
The wingspan is 23–26 millimetres (0.91–1.02 in) (sometimes 20–24 millimetres (0.79–0.94 in)). Easy to distinguish by its whitish ground-colour, slight or rather strong pink flush. Most striking is the straight broad line over the wing towards the wing tip.[4]
Adults are on wing from June to July.[5]
The larvae feed on sea beet and Armeria maritima.[6]
Subspecies
- Scopula emutaria emutaria
- Scopula emutaria subroseata (Haworth, 1809)
References
- ↑ "Scopula (Calothysanis) emutaria (Hübner, 1809)". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
- ↑ Prout, L.B. 1912–16. Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.
- ↑ Peder Skou (1986). Leif Lyneborg, ed. "The Geometroid Moths of North Europe (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae and Geometridae)" (in Danish). 6. Translated by Elizabeth Folino. E.J. Brill/Scandinavian Science Press: 48.
- ↑ UKmoths
- ↑ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
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