Scopula luteolata
| Scopula luteolata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Scopulini |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. luteolata |
| Binomial name | |
| Scopula luteolata (Hulst, 1880)[1] | |
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Scopula luteolata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in western North America. In Canada, the range extends from the mountains of south-western Alberta, north to Banff and west to Vancouver Island. In the United States, it has been recorded from Arizona, California, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.[2] The habitat consists of montane wooded and shrubby openings and edges in forests.
The wingspan is 23–26 mm. Adults are yellow-brown, with darker grey-brown median and postmedian lines. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from mid June to late July in the northern part of the range.[3]
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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.
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
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