Scopula siccata

Scopula siccata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1939.^[1] It is found in North America from northern Colorado north through Wyoming, western Montana and Idaho to southern British Columbia and south-western Alberta.^[2] The habitat consists of dry slopes in mountainous areas.

Scopula siccata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Scopula
Species:	S. siccata
Binomial name
Scopula siccata McDunnough, 1939

Scopula siccata on tansymustard, Descuriana sp. Photo taken at Los Poblanos Open Space, Albuquerque, N.M.

The wingspan is 23–24 mm.