- Source: Scopula frigidaria
Scopula frigidaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1869. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Kamchatka Peninsula and in northern North America, where it occurs across the boreal forest region, from Alaska across the Northwest Territories and Nunavut to Newfoundland, and in the mountains south to southern Wisconsin, Alberta and British Columbia.
The wingspan is 21–23 millimetres (0.83–0.91 in). Adults are on wing from late May to June in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Vaccinium myrtillus. Larvae can be found from July to May. It overwinters in the larval stage.
Subspecies
Scopula frigidaria frigidaria
Scopula frigidaria schoyeni (Schneider, 1883) (Kola Peninsula, Fennoscandia)
References
External links
"910575.00 – 7166 – Scopula frigidaria – Frigid Wave Moth – (Möschler, 1860)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
Anweiler, G. G. (2007). "Species Details Scopula frigidaria". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Scopula
- Scopula frigidaria
- List of Lepidoptera of Norway
- List of moths of Russia (Geometroidea-Bombycoidea)
- Scopula
- List of moths of North America (MONA 6089–7648)
- List of moths of Canada (Geometridae)
- List of moths of Finland
