Scopula ancellata

Scopula ancellata, the angled wave moth or pointed-winged wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1887. It is found in North America from Quebec west to the Northwest Territories and British Columbia and south to Michigan, Indiana and Arizona. The habitat consists of mixed wood and coniferous forests.^[2]

Scopula ancellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Scopula
Species:	S. ancellata
Binomial name
Scopula ancellata (Hulst, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
Acidalia ancellata Hulst, 1887 Acidalia catenes Druce, 1892

The wingspan is about 23 millimetres (0.91 in).^[3]

The larvae feed on Meliotus alba and Alnus tenuifolia.

Subspecies

• Scopula ancellata ancellata
• Scopula ancellata catenes (Druce, 1892)