Streaked Wave
Scopula virgulata
Checklist Number70.0201 [B&F: 1685]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Sterrhinae |
| Genus: | Scopula |
| Species: | virgulata |
| Authority: | ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) |
Occurrence in the British Isles unconfirmed, this southern European species is included on the British list on the basis of a record of two individuals allegedly caught in Gravesend, Kent, in 1870. Wingspan 20-22 mm. Larva feeds on Bilberry, no evidence of breeding in the UK.
