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Monday, 23 December 2024
24-12-2024 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - MULLEIN WAVE MOTH (Scopula marginepunctata)
Sunday, 26 November 2023
25-11-2023 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - MULLEIN WAVE MOTH (Scopula marginepunctata)
Scopula marginepunctata, the mullein wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1781. It is found throughout Europe.
Scopula marginepunctata occurs in Europe from the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Ural mountains in the east. In the north, the range extends to the south coast of England, the southern Netherlands and the German Baltic Sea coast. However the species is missing in parts of northern Germany. There are isolated occurrences on Bornholm, Skåne and the southern Baltic. In the south, the range extends in North Africa from Morocco in the west to Egypt. The distribution ranges from there further over the Middle East, Asia minor, the Caucasus, northern Iran, Central Asia and Mongolia.
The moth flies in two generations from mid-May to September and the larva feeds on yarrow and mugwort.