Scopula tessellaria (Boisduval, 1840) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Scopula tessellaria (Boisduval, 1840)

Scopula tessellaria (Boisduval, 1840)

Scopula tessellaria, the dusky-brown wave, is a polyphagous geometrid moth found across much of Europe and beyond.

Family
Genus
Scopula
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Scopula tessellaria (Boisduval, 1840)

Scopula tessellaria, commonly called the dusky-brown wave, is a moth species belonging to the family Geometridae. Its documented distribution includes Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Albania, former Yugoslavia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia, Greece, Moldova, Ukraine, and Russia. To the east, its range extends into the Near East and the eastern portion of the Palaearctic realm. The larvae of this species are polyphagous. They have been recorded feeding on a variety of low-growing plants, including species in the genus Origanum.

Photo: (c) Kostas Zontanos, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Kostas Zontanos · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Scopula

More from Geometridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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