Biology:Scopula siccata

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Short description: Species of geometer moth in subfamily Sterrhinae

Scopula siccata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. siccata
Binomial name
Scopula siccata
McDunnough, 1939
Scopula siccata, a moth, resting on tansymustard
Scopula siccata on tansymustard, Descuriana sp. Photo taken at Los Poblanos Open Space, Albuquerque, N.M.

Scopula siccata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1939.[1] It is found in North America from northern Colorado north through Wyoming, western Montana and Idaho to southern British Columbia and south-western Alberta.[2] The habitat consists of dry slopes in mountainous areas.

The wingspan is 23–24 mm.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7435141 entry