Scopula turbulentaria
Species of geometer moth in subfamily Sterrhinae
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Scopula turbulentaria, the dotted ochre wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in southern Russia, Albania, Romania, Greece, North Macedonia and Italy and on Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, Cyprus, as well as in Turkey.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. turbulentaria |
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| Scopula turbulentaria (Staudinger, 1870)[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Nicotiana species, Plantago lanceolata and other low-growing plants.[4]
Taxonomy
The species was formerly treated as a subspecies of Scopula turbidaria.
