Scopula siccata
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| Scopula siccata McDunnough, 1939[1]
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Scopula siccata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found 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. Adults are grey-brown with a contrasting narrow dark median band and a narrower post-median line across both wings.
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- ^ 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.
- ^ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum