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| Species: | S. umbelaria
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| Scopula umbelaria (Hübner, [1813])[1]
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Scopula umbelaria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in the Benelux, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, former Yugoslavia, Romania, Poland and Russia.[2] In the east, the range extends to the eastern part of the Palaearctic ecozone.
The wingspan is 29-33 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from late May to early July in one generation per year.[4]
The larvae feed on Prunus spinosa, Vincetoxium hirundinaria, Clematis, Polygonum, Vicia and Solidago species.[5] Larvae can be found from the fall to May. The species overwinters in the larval stage.
