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Scopula frigidaria

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Geometridae

Scientific name
  
Scopula frigidaria

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Scopula

Rank
  
Species

Scopula frigidaria

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Scopula frigidaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. 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 mm. 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

    Scopula frigidaria Wikipedia