| Scopula turbulentaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. turbulentaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Scopula turbulentaria (Staudinger, 1870)
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Scopula turbulentaria, the dotted ochre wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in southern Russia, Albania, Romania, Greece, North Macedonia and Italy and on Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, Cyprus, as well as in Turkey.
The wingspan is 18–19 mm.
The larvae feed on Nicotiana species, Plantago lanceolata and other low-growing plants.
Taxonomy
The species was formerly treated as a subspecies of Scopula turbidaria.
References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ lepiforum.de
- ^ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa