Biology:Scopula caricaria
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Short description: Species of geometer moth in subfamily Sterrhinae
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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
- ↑ 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)". Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=444298. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ↑ "LOT Moths and Butterflies". July 2008. http://www.lotmoths.com/species/species.php?frmSpeciesID=752. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7434586 entry
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