Scotopteryx mucronata
Species of moth
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Scotopteryx mucronata, the lead belle, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in most of Europe, Turkey, Ukraine, West Siberia.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scotopteryx |
| Species: | S. mucronata |
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| Scotopteryx mucronata | |
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The wingspan is 30–38 mm. See Townsend et al.[2]
Adults are on wing from May to June in one generation per year.[3]
The larvae feed on Ulex and Cytisus species. The species overwinters in the larval stage.
