Scopula tessellaria explained

Scopula tessellaria, the dusky-brown wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Albania, former Yugoslavia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia, Greece, Moldova, Ukraine and Russia.[1] In the east, the range extends to the Near East and the eastern part of the Palaearctic realm.

The larvae are polyphagous and have been recorded feeding on various low-growing plants,[2] including Origanum species.[3]

Subspecies

Taxonomy

Scopula tessellaria guillaumei was described from the Alps of southern France, however, further research has shown that it is just an altitudinal form.

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208111010/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=444295 Fauna Europaea
  2. http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/ScopuTesse.htm Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
  3. http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Scopula_Tessellaria Lepiforum.de