Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Small Frosted Wave Moth
Description
Family Geometridae
'The Geometer Moths are the second largest family
of moths in North America. This family includes many serious agricultural and forest
pests. These moths are small to medium in size, with slender bodies and broad wings
. On average, the wingspan of these moths is 1-6 cm, though the females of some species lack wings entirely. Larvae are usually twiglike and lack the first 2-3 pairs of prolegs. They move by extending the front of the body as far forward as possible, then bringing the rear
of the body up to meet it; this is how they have gotten the name
"inchworm" or "measuringworm." Larvae usually feed
externally on leaves and pupate in loose
cocoons
in leaf litter
or soil.
'[1]
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 56 meters (185 feet).[2]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
()
- Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
()
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Butterflies and Moths
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
()
- Superfamily:
Geometroidea
()
- Family:
Geometridae
()
-
- Geometrid Moths
- Subfamily:
Sterrhinae
()
- Genus:
Scopula
()
- Schrank, 1802
- Specific name:
compensata
- Walker 1861
- Scientific name: - Scopula compensata Walker 1861
- Specific name:
compensata
- Walker 1861
- Genus:
Scopula
(
- Subfamily:
Sterrhinae
(
- Family:
Geometridae
(
- Superfamily:
Geometroidea
(
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
(
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Scopula
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 19 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. ancellata (Scopula Ancellata) · S. cacuminaria (Frosted Tan Wave) · S. compensata (Small Frosted Wave Moth) · S. emutaria (Rosy Wave) · S. floslactata (Cream Wave) · S. frigidaria (Frigid Wave) · S. imitaria (Small Blood-Vein) · S. immorata (Lewes Wave) · S. immutata (Lesser Cream Wave) · S. inductata (Soft-Lined Wave) · S. junctaria (Kona Giant Looper Moth) · S. lautaria (Small Frosted Wave Moth) · S. limboundata (Large Lace) · S. marginepunctata (Mullein Wave) · S. nigropunctata (Subangled Wave) · S. ornata (Lace Border) · S. plantagenaria (Scopula Plantagenaria) · S. rubiginata (Tawny Wave) · S. sideraria (Scopula Sideraria)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 17, 2008:
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2601876
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-215578.0
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1620424
Footnotes
- http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=80&sci=Geometridae&com=Geometer Moths, Looper Moths [back]
- Standard Deviation = 752.640 based on 28 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
