Scopula purata

Scopula purata, the chalky wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1858.^[1] It is found in eastern North America,^[2] from Ontario and New Hampshire to Florida and to Mississippi.^[3]

Scopula purata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Scopula
Species:	S. purata
Binomial name
Scopula purata (Guenée, [1858])
Synonyms
Acidalia purata Guenee, 1857 Synelys nigrocandida Hulst, 1898