Scopula umbelaria is a moth of the family Geometridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. It is found in the Benelux, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, former Yugoslavia, Romania, Poland and Russia.[2] In the east, the range extends to the eastern part of the Palearctic realm.

Scopula umbelaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Scopula
Species:	S. umbelaria
Binomial name
Scopula umbelaria (Hübner, [1813])[1]
Synonyms
Geometra umbelaria Hübner, 1813 Acidalia compararia Herrich-Schäffer, 1847 Phalaena sylvestrata Borkhausen, 1794 Acidalia majoraria Leech, 1897

The wingspan is 29–33 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to early July in one generation per year.[3]

The larvae feed on Prunus spinosa, Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, Clematis, Polygonum, Vicia and Solidago species.[4] Larvae can be found from the fall to May. The species overwinters in the larval stage.

Subspecies

• Scopula umbelaria umbelaria
• Scopula umbelaria graeseri Prout, 1935
• Scopula umbelaria majoraria (Leech, 1897)

References

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External links

• Lepiforum e.V.