''Scopula sentinaria'' is a
moth of the family
Geometridae. It is found from
Alaska to
Labrador, south in the prairies to southern
Manitoba,
Saskatchewan,
Alberta and
British Columbia. In the mountains it ranges south to
Colorado. The species is also found in northern
RussiaFauna Europaea
/ref> and the Sayan Mountains. The habitat consists of dry shrubby clearings and edges.
The wingspan is 20–27 mm. Adults are on wing from early June to late July in one generation in North America.
Larvae have been reared on '' Polygonum aviculare''. Fourth or fifth instar larvae overwinter.
Subspecies
*''Scopula sentinaria sentinaria'' (North America)
*''Scopula sentinaria rufinaria'' (Staudinger, 1861) (northern Russia)
*''Scopula sentinaria rufinularia'' (Staudinger, 1901) (Sayan Mountains)
References
Moths described in 1837
sentinaria
Moths of North America
Moths of Asia
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