Scopula corrivalaria
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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. corrivalaria
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Scopula corrivalaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Japan, Korea, China and the Russian Far East through Siberia and Russia to western Europe. In Europe, it ranges from northern Central Europe to the Mediterranean. The habitat consists of marshes and wet meadows.
The wingspan is 20–22 millimetres (0.79–0.87 in). Adults are cream to bone yellow. They are on wing from late June to mid July.
The larvae feed on Rumex hydrolapathum. Larvae can be found from August to May. The species overwinters in the larval stage.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]- Scopula corrivalaria corrivalaria
- Scopula corrivalaria eccletica Prout, 1935
References
[edit]- ^ "Zwei neue europäische Schmetterlinge". Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift (in German). 6: 135 at 136–137. 1862.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Peder Skou (1986). Leif Lyneborg (ed.). The Geometriod Moths of North Europe Lepidoptera: Drepanidae and Geometridae. Vol. 6. Translated by Elisabeth Folino. Denmark: E.J. Brill/Scandinavian Science Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-9004078598. ISSN 0106-2808.
External links
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- "Scopula (Scopula) corrivalaria (Kretschmar, 1862)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on March 15, 2017.
- Lepiforum.de