Geometridae : Sterrhinae
Streaked Wave
SCOPULA (Scopula) virgulata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Streaked Wave
SCOPULA (Scopula) virgulata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide - Europe Only
Description
Wingspan: 20-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,British I.,Bulgaria,Canary Is,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,
Denmark,Greece,Ireland,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Norway,N Russia,Sardinia,Siclily & The Netherlands) : Caucasus : Turkey : Japan
UK Distribution: Appearance in Great Britain unconfirmed
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Waste Ground : Sunny exposed hills
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: This moth is an Appendix A moth and as such is an adventive species added to British list based on the record of two alleged individuals caught in Gravesend Kent back in 1870. As such occurrence in the British Isles is unconfirmed.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,British I.,Bulgaria,Canary Is,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,
Denmark,Greece,Ireland,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Norway,N Russia,Sardinia,Siclily & The Netherlands) : Caucasus : Turkey : Japan
UK Distribution: Appearance in Great Britain unconfirmed
UK Conservation Status -
- Vagrant/Accidental
- Least Concern
- Geometra virgulata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Phalaena paludata Linnaeus, 1767
- Austria - near Vienna
Habitat: Woodland : Waste Ground : Sunny exposed hills
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: This moth is an Appendix A moth and as such is an adventive species added to British list based on the record of two alleged individuals caught in Gravesend Kent back in 1870. As such occurrence in the British Isles is unconfirmed.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Ericaceae - Heather Family
- Vaccinium myrtilus - Bilberry - Blue Whortleberry
- Vaccinium myrtilus - Bilberry - Blue Whortleberry
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometroidea Geometridae Sterrhinae Scopulini SCOPULA Schrank 1802 Scopula Schranck 1802 Scopula (Scopula) virgulata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Phalaena paludata Linnaeus, 1767 - GEOMETRA virgulata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) = Geometra strigaria Hübner, [1799] - Geometra virgulata virgulata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - SCOPULA Schrank 1802 - Genus Scopula Schranck 1802 - Subgenus = Glossotrophia Prout 1913 - Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend : Title Page : p.117 - n.8 - Austria - near Vienna - S.v.rossica Djakonov, 1926 - population of St Petersburg area - greyer,with quite strong contrast S.v.virgata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Nominate subspecies - S.v.f.nigerrima Rebel, 1913 - background black,fringes and patagia yellowish grey |