''Scopula ancellata'', the angled wave moth or pointed-winged wave, is a
moth of the family
Geometridae. It was described by
George Duryea Hulst in 1887. It is found in North America from
Quebec west to the
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...
and
British Columbia and south to
Michigan,
Indiana and
Arizona. The habitat consists of mixed wood and coniferous forests.
The
wingspan is about .
Adults are light tan with well-defined dark crosslines and discal spots.
The larvae feed on ''
Meliotus alba'' and ''
Alnus tenuifolia''.
Subspecies
*''Scopula ancellata ancellata''
*''Scopula ancellata catenes''
(Druce, 1892)
References
Moths described in 1887
ancellata
Moths of North America
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