Rosy Wave

Geometridae : Sterrhinae

Rosy Wave

SCOPULA (Calothysanis) emutaria (Hübner,[1809])

Kind permission - © Tim Norriss

Life Cycle Guide

Description

Wingspan: 23 - 26mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Including - Austria,Balearic Is.,Belgium,Britain,Channel Is.,Corsica,Croatia,Denmark,France,Germany,
Italy,Malta,Portugal,Romania,Sardinia,Sicily,Slovenia,Spain and Netherlands) : Coastal areas of Western Europe and North Africa
UK Distribution: Parts of southern England,eastern England and southern Wales
UK Conservation Status -

Nationally Scarce B (Nb - BAP : 1997) = 31 - 100 10Km Squares

European Conservation Status -

Least Concern - Coastal areas of Mediterranean and north Africa

Original Species Name -

Geometra emutaria (Hübner,[1809])

Type Species - Scopula

Phalaena paludata Linnaeus, 1767

Type Locality -

Europe

Flight Period: Late May - August - univoltine
Habitat: Coastal areas : Wet Heathland : Bogs
Similar Species -

Sub-angled Wave - Scopula nigropunctata - (Hufnagel, 1767)

Larva: The 28mm final instar larva is ochreous with a distinct brown dorsal line which has pairs of black dashes on the anterior side of the middle row of segments.Underparts are dark brown and spiracles black.
Pupa: Pupates in plant litter
Overwinters as: Early instar larva
Observations: The forewings are light beige often with pinkish or purplish brown tinge with the median area being shaded light brown with clearly seen black discal spots.
Some white forms are encountered in among the previously mention tinges.
Although wing shape is similar to the Sub-angled Wave the Rosy Wave is considerably smaller.
The moth is a nationally Scarce B species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.
In Europe this moth tends to be coastal found around the Mediterranean and North Africa.

Possibly better searched by torchlight than light trap where it is seldom seen.

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.

Asteraceae - Compositae - Aster-Daisy - Sunflower Family
- Taraxacum officinale - Common Dandelion (Captive Bred Only)
Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle Family
- Lonicera periclymenum - Wild Honeysuckle (Captive Bred Only)
Chenopodiaceae - The Goosefoot Family
- Beta vulgaris - Sugar Beet
- Beta vulgaris maritima - Sea Beet
- Halimione portulacoides - Sea Purslane (Captive Bred Only)
Convolvulaceae - Bindweed - Morning Glory Family
- Calystegia sepium - Hedge Bindweed (Captive Bred Only)
Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
- Trifolium campestre - Hop Trefoil,Field Clover - (Captive Bred Only)
Plumbaginaeae - Plumbago & Leadworts
- Limonium vulgare - Common sea lavender
Polygonaceae - Docks - Sorrels - Knotweeds - Smartweeds
- Polygonum aviculare - Postrate Knotweed (Captive Bred Only)

Larval Food Plants

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Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometroidea
Geometridae
Sterrhinae
Scopulini
SCOPULA Schrank, 1802
Calothysanis Hübner, [1823]
Scopula (Calothysanis) emutaria (Hübner,[1809])
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Phalaena paludata Linnaeus, 1767
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GEOMETRA emutaria (Hübner,[1809])
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= SCOPULA Schrank 1802-Genus
= Glossotrophia Prout 1913
= Calothysanis Hübner 1823
= Ustocidalia Sterneck 1932
= Libanonia Hausmann 1993
= Glossotrophia Prout 1914
= Parenzanella Hausmann 1993
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Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge / errichtet von Jacob Hübner in Augsburg. By Hübner, Jacob, 1761-1826 : Lepidoptera V : Geometrae 1 & 11 : Pl. 63 - n.323
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Europe