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GEOMETRIDAE : Sterrhinae : Scopulini
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70.025 Scopula (Calothysanis) immutata (Lesser Cream Wave)
fw: 12-13mm; Jun-Aug; meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria), common valerian (Valeriana officinalis); local in damp grassland and marshes in England, Wales and SW Scotland
Scopula immutata (Lesser Cream Wave) §1 male
ID: Hindwing central black spot usually prominent, forewing may show a less prominent spot. S.floslactata (Cream Wave) is larger (fw 13-16mm), its hindwing spot less prominent and forewing usually lacks a spot; it also has a more pointed forewing apex. S.emutaria (Rosy Wave) and S.nigropunctata (Sub-angled Wave) both have a dominent broad diffuse central cross-line and angular hindwings. S.ternata (Smoky Wave) lacks central black spots on both wings.
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 15/07/2008; male; fw 11.5mm
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 28/07/2012; male
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 27/07/2012; female; fw 11.5mm
§4 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 29/06/2017; male; fw 11.5mm
§5 Cranwich Heath, Norfolk; 05/07/2018; male; fw 10.9mm
§6 Sutton Fen, Norfolk; 11/07/2022; female; fw 12.0mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 28/07/2012; male
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 27/07/2012; female; fw 11.5mm
§4 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 29/06/2017; male; fw 11.5mm
§5 Cranwich Heath, Norfolk; 05/07/2018; male; fw 10.9mm
§6 Sutton Fen, Norfolk; 11/07/2022; female; fw 12.0mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 23/03/2013 (§1-3) | §4 added 08/04/2018 | §5 added 29/04/2019 | §6 added 18/12/2022
