Scopula luteolata

Scopula luteolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Scopulini
Genus:	Scopula
Species:	S. luteolata
Binomial name
	Scopula luteolata; (Hulst, 1880)
Synonyms
	Cidaria luteolata Hulst, 1880; Leptomeris subfuscata Taylor, 1906;

Scopula luteolata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in western North America. In Canada, the range extends from the mountains of south-western Alberta, north to Banff and west to Vancouver Island. In the United States, it has been recorded from Arizona, California, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.^[2] The habitat consists of montane wooded and shrubby openings and edges in forests.

The wingspan is 23–26 mm. Adults are yellow-brown, with darker grey-brown median and postmedian lines. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from mid June to late July in the northern part of the range.^[3]

References

^ Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
^ mothphotographersgroup
^ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

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[1] Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.

[2] thphotographersgroup

[3] University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

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