Scopula caricaria
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. caricaria
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| Scopula caricaria (Reutti, 1853)[1]
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Scopula caricaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Spain, Italy, France, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, north-western Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.[2]
The wingspan is 24–28 millimetres (0.94–1.10 in). Adults are on wing from July to September in one generation per year. Although there is a partial second generation in the southern part of the range.
The larvae feed on Centaurea and Artemisia species.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Scopula (Scopula) caricaria (Reutti, 1853)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ "LOT Moths and Butterflies". July 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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