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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]

Rosy wave
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. emutaria
Binomial name
Scopula emutaria
Synonyms
  • Geometra emutaria Hübner, 1809
  • Phalaena subroseata Haworth, 1809

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][5]

Adults are on wing from June to July.[6]

Figs.6, 6a larvae after final moult
Figs.6, 6a larvae after final moult

It is a coastal species. The larvae feed on sea beet and Armeria maritima.[7]


Subspecies



References


  1. "Scopula (Calothysanis) emutaria (Hübner, 1809)". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x.
  3. Prout, L.B. 1912–16. Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.
  4. Peder Skou (1986). Leif Lyneborg (ed.). The Geometroid Moths of North Europe (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae and Geometridae) (in Danish). Vol. 6. Translated by Elizabeth Folino. E.J. Brill/Scandinavian Science Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-9004078598.
  5. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  6. UKmoths
  7. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa



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