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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Sterrhinae » Scopulini » Scopula » Soft-lined Wave - Hodges#7169 (Scopula inductata)

Species Scopula inductata - Soft-lined Wave - Hodges#7169

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Soft-lined Wave - Hodges#7169 - Scopula inductata

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)

Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)

Subfamily Sterrhinae

Tribe Scopulini

Genus Scopula

Species inductata (Soft-lined Wave - Hodges#7169)

Hodges Number

7169

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Scopula inductata (Guenée, [1858])

Acidalia inductata Guenée, 1857

Scopula anticaria (Walker, 1860)

Scopula suppressaria (Walker, 1862)

Scopula consecutaria (Walker, 1866)

Scopula sobria (Walker, 1866)

Scopula delicata (Cassino, 1931)

Scopula oliveata (Cassino, 1931)

Phylogenetic Sequence # 91a0115

Size

wingspan 20-25 mm, based on CBIF specimen

Identification

wings light yellowish-gray, crossed by several gray wavy lines; outer edges of wings rounded; a black dot is present near the middle of each wing

Range

North America east of the Rockies (1)(2)(3)

Season

adults fly from July to September

Food

larvae feed on aster, clover, dandelion, ragweed, and sweet clover

See Also

Scopula quinquelinearia (western range)

Simple Wave - Scopula junctaria has angular (not rounded) hind-wings. The discal spots are missing.

Large Lace Border - Scopula limboundata has angular (not rounded) hind-wings.

Drab Brown Wave - Lobocleta ossularia has dashed or checkered terminal lines.

Internet References

Wikipedia

Moth Photographers Group - species page with photos of living and pinned adults

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Wikipedia

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 19 February, 2005 - 9:54pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Robert H. Biagi, Steve Morris
Last updated 21 February, 2024 - 1:15pm

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