Scopula turbulentaria, the dotted ochre wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in southern Russia, Albania, Romania, Greece, North Macedonia and Italy and on Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, Cyprus, as well as in Turkey.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | S. turbulentaria
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| Scopula turbulentaria (Staudinger, 1870)[1]
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The larvae feed on Nicotiana species, Plantago lanceolata and other low-growing plants.[4]
Taxonomy
editThe species was formerly treated as a subspecies of Scopula turbidaria.
References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ lepiforum.de
- ^ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa