Scopula virgulata

Scopula virgulata, the streaked wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Denis & Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.^[1] It is found from most of Europe to central Asia and northern Mongolia.

Scopula virgulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Scopula
Species:	S. virgulata
Binomial name
Scopula virgulata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
Geometra virgulata Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775 Geometra strigaria Hubner, 1799 Acidalia rossica Djakonov, 1926 Leptomeris sulcaria Hubner, 1825 Scopula virgularia Acidalia substrigaria Staudinger, 1900

The wingspan is 20–22 millimetres (0.79–0.87 in). Adults are on wing from late July to August in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Carex and Inula species. Larvae can be found from August to June. It overwinters in the larval stage.

Subspecies

• Scopula virgulata virgulata western, central, southern and eastern Europe, except the northern Baltic region and southern Finland)^[2]
• Scopula virgulata rossica Djakonov, 1926 (northern Baltic region, southern Finland, Gotland)
• Scopula virgulata substrigaria (Staudinger, 1900) (Caucasus, western Siberia, Altai, Mongolia)
• Scopula virgulata subtilis Prout, 1935 (Russian Far East)
• Scopula virgulata albicans Prout, 1934 (Japan)