''Scopula subpunctaria'' is a species of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

in the family

Geometridae The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metr ...

. It is found from northern and north-eastern China to the southern

Palearctic realm The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...

(including southern and central Europe).Fauna Europaea
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Lepiforum.de''Scopula subpunctaria'' in France (INPN)
Moths described in 1847 subpunctaria Moths of Asia Moths of Europe Taxa named by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer {{Scopula-stub