''Scopula emutaria'', the rosy wave, 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 w ...

in the family Geometridae. It is found in western and south-western

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and

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. Also in

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...

. The

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is (sometimes ). Easy to distinguish by its whitish ground-colour, slight or rather strong pink flush. Most striking is the straight broad line over the wing towards the wing tip. Adults are on wing from June to July. It is a coastal species. The larvae feed on sea beet and '' Armeria maritima''.Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
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Subspecies

*''Scopula emutaria emutaria'' *''Scopula emutaria subroseata'' (Haworth, 1809)

References

External links

Lepiforum.de
Moths described in 1809 emutaria Moths of Europe Moths of Africa Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Scopula-stub