''Scopula submutata'', the Mediterranean lace border, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in southern Europe, North Africa and the

Near East The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...

. The habitat consists of open, dry grassland and rocky slopes. The wingspan is . There are two generations per year, with adults on wing from May to October. The larvae feed on '' Thymus'' species and '' Origanum vulgare''.Lepiforum.de
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Subspecies

*''Scopula submutata submutata'' (south-eastern Europe) *''Scopula submutata gedrensis'' Hausmann, 2003 (Liguria, southern France) *''Scopula submutata nivellearia'' (Wehrli, 1926) (Mallorca, Spain, Portugal) *''Scopula submutata roseonitens'' Wagner, 1926 (Pyrenees) *''Scopula submutata submutulata'' Rebel, 1902 *''Scopula submutata taftanica'' Brandt, 1941 (Iran) *''Scopula submutata taurilibanotica'' Wehrli, 1932 (Cyprus) *''Scopula submutata transcaspia'' Prout, 1935

References

Moths described in 1828 Moths of Europe Moths of Asia Moths of Africa submutata Taxa named by Georg Friedrich Treitschke {{Scopula-stub