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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 » Four-lined Wave - Hodges#7165 (Scopula quadrilineata)

Species Scopula quadrilineata - Four-lined Wave - Hodges#7165

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

7165, Scopula quadrilineata, Four-lined Wave - Scopula quadrilineata

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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 quadrilineata (Four-lined Wave - Hodges#7165)

Hodges Number

7165

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Scopula quadrilineata (Packard, 1876)

Acidalia quadrilineata Packard, 1876

Size

wingspan about 20-22 mm, based on two Internet photos

Identification

Adult: forewing white with 3 or 4 faint yellowish transverse lines and pale gray speckling; PM line almost straight, touching costa near apex; hindwing similar in pattern and color

Range

Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan and adjacent areas of United States, south in the east to North Carolina; also recorded in British Columbia

See Also

Simple Wave (Scopula junctaria) forewing PM line irregular or "wiggly", not straight

Print References

Packard, A.S. 1876. A Monograph of the Geometrid Moths or Phalaenidae of the United States, in F.V. Hayden Report of the Geological Survey of the Territories. 10: 345, plate 10, fig. 64. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

pinned adult image (CBIF)

pinned adult image and photos of related species by Jim Vargo (Moth Photographers Group)

distribution in Canada; list of provinces of occurrence (CBIF)

insectsofiowa.com - species records

Works Cited

1.	A Monograph of the Geometrid or Phalaenidae of the United States. A. S. Packard. 1876. United States Geological Survey of the Territories 10: 1-599.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 11 July, 2008 - 8:33pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Chuck Entz, Maury Heiman
Last updated 11 December, 2015 - 6:53am

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