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Cream wave

For the moth from Australia and Indonesia with this name, see Scopula perlata.

Cream wave
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. floslactata
Binomial name
Scopula floslactata
(Haworth, 1809)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena brunneata Goeze, 1781
  • Phalaena cariata Schrank, 1802
  • Phalaena concatenata Hufnagel, 1767
  • Phalaena dentilinearia Borkhausen, 1794
  • Phalaena fulvicans Fourcroy, 1785
  • Phalaena fulvostriata Goeze, 1781
  • Phalaena lactata Haworth, 1809
  • Scopula scotica Cockayne, 1951
  • Geometra remutaria Hubner 1799
  • Scopula spataceata (Scopoli, 1763)
  • Phalaena strigata Fourcroy, 1785
  • Phalaena sublactata Haworth, 1809

The cream wave (Scopula floslactata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809.[1] It is found in forest and woodland regions, feeding on grasses and small plants such as dandelion.

  1. ^ Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x.

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