Scopula

Genus

Scopula

Scopula

32 species in our catalog · found in 36 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderLepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
FamilyGeometridae (Geometer Moths)
GenusScopula

Species in this group

Lewes Wave

Scopula immorata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Scopula parvimacula

Scopula parvimacula

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Scopula fibulata

Scopula fibulata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Plantain Moth

Scopula rubraria

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Scopula apparitaria

Scopula apparitaria

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Mullein Wave

Scopula marginepunctata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Scopula lydia

Scopula lydia

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Scopula subquadrata

Scopula subquadrata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Scopula divisaria

Scopula divisaria

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Lace Border

Scopula ornata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Scopula incanata

Scopula incanata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Large Lace-Border Moth

Scopula limboundata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Varied Wave Moth

Scopula optivata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Scopula submutata

Scopula submutata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Middle Lace Border

Scopula decorata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Swag-Lined Wave

Scopula umbilicata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Scopula castissima

Scopula castissima

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Smoky Wave

Scopula ternata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Cream Wave

Scopula floslactata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sub-Angled Wave

Scopula nigropunctata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Small Blood-Vein

Scopula imitaria

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Scopula isomerica

Scopula isomerica

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Scopula ordinata

Scopula ordinata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Tawny Wave

Scopula rubiginata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Scopula emissaria

Scopula emissaria

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Petite Wave

Scopula minorata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Lesser Cream Wave

Scopula immutata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Australian Cream Wave

Scopula perlata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Rosy Wave

Scopula emutaria

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Scopula caesaria

Scopula caesaria

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Black Wave

Scopula nigrinotata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Scopula addictaria

Scopula addictaria

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

<5%

Jan

<5%

Feb

~10%

Mar

~10%

Apr

~10%

May

~10%

Jun

~10%

Jul

~10%

Aug

~10%

Sep

~10%

Oct

~10%

Nov

<5%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Scopula

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Our parks Our cities

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	10 of 32	~40%
	Lace Border			~10%
	Lewes Wave			~10%
	Sub-Angled Wave			~10%
	Mullein Wave			~10%
	Tawny Wave			<5%
	Cream Wave			<5%
	Scopula incanata			<5%
	Lesser Cream Wave			<5%
	Scopula submutata			<5%
	Small Blood-Vein			<5%
2	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	4 of 32	~40%
	Mullein Wave			~20%
	Scopula submutata			~10%
	Middle Lace Border			~10%
	Small Blood-Vein			~10%
3	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	5 of 32	~40%
	Lace Border			~10%
	Mullein Wave			~10%
	Small Blood-Vein			~10%
	Scopula submutata			~10%
	Tawny Wave			~10%
4	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	6 of 32	~30%
	Sub-Angled Wave			~10%
	Lewes Wave			~10%
	Lace Border			~10%
	Cream Wave			~10%
	Smoky Wave			~10%
	Lesser Cream Wave			~10%
5	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	3 of 32	~30%
	Scopula parvimacula			~20%
	Scopula castissima			~10%
	Scopula emissaria			~10%
6	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	2 of 32	~30%
	Scopula apparitaria			~20%
	Scopula subquadrata			~10%
7	Vanoise National Park	🇫🇷 France	2 of 32	~30%
	Lewes Wave			~20%
	Scopula incanata			~10%
8	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	3 of 32	~30%
	Plantain Moth			~10%
	Varied Wave Moth			~10%
	Australian Cream Wave			<5%
9	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	3 of 32	~20%
	Plantain Moth			~20%
	Australian Cream Wave			~10%
	Varied Wave Moth			<5%
10	Mercantour National Park	🇫🇷 France	2 of 32	~20%
	Lewes Wave			~10%
	Lace Border			~10%
11	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	1 of 32	~20%
	Lewes Wave			~20%
12	Eravikulam National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 32	~20%
	Scopula fibulata			~20%
13	Maria Island National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 32	~20%
	Plantain Moth			~20%
14	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	4 of 32	~20%
	Petite Wave			~10%
	Scopula caesaria			<5%
	Black Wave			<5%
	Scopula addictaria			<5%
15	Hattah-Kulkyne National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 32	~20%
	Scopula lydia			~20%
16	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 32	~20%
	Large Lace-Border Moth			~10%
	Scopula ordinata			~10%
17	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	3 of 32	~20%
	Mullein Wave			~10%
	Small Blood-Vein			~10%
	Middle Lace Border			<5%
18	Sinharaja Forest Reserve	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1 of 32	~10%
	Scopula divisaria			~10%
19	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 32	~10%
	Lace Border			~10%
20	Danum Valley Conservation Area	🇲🇾 Malaysia	1 of 32	~10%
	Scopula divisaria			~10%
21	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 32	~10%
	Large Lace-Border Moth			~10%
22	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 32	~10%
	Large Lace-Border Moth			~10%
23	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	1 of 32	~10%
	Lace Border			~10%
24	Big Cypress National Preserve	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 32	~10%
	Swag-Lined Wave			~10%
25	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 32	~10%
	Plantain Moth			~10%
26	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 32	~10%
	Plantain Moth			~10%
27	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 32	~10%
	Smoky Wave			~10%
28	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 32	~10%
	Scopula submutata			~10%
29	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 32	~10%
	Plantain Moth			~10%
30	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 32	~10%
	Cream Wave			~10%
31	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 32	~10%
	Rosy Wave			<5%
	Tawny Wave			<5%
32	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	1 of 32	~10%
	Scopula isomerica			~10%
33	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 32	~10%
	Plantain Moth			~10%
34	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 32	~10%
	Varied Wave Moth			~10%
35	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 32	~10%
	Swag-Lined Wave			~10%
36	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	1 of 32	<5%
	Swag-Lined Wave			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Porto	🇵🇹 Portugal	5 of 32	~30%
	Small Blood-Vein			~10%
	Petite Wave			~10%
	Lace Border			<5%
	Mullein Wave			<5%
	Sub-Angled Wave			<5%
2	Melbourne	🇦🇺 Australia	3 of 32	~20%
	Plantain Moth			~20%
	Australian Cream Wave			~10%
	Varied Wave Moth			<5%
3	Pretoria	🇿🇦 South Africa	2 of 32	~20%
	Black Wave			~10%
	Petite Wave			~10%
4	Budapest	🇭🇺 Hungary	2 of 32	~10%
	Mullein Wave			~10%
	Tawny Wave			~10%
5	Harare	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1 of 32	~10%
	Black Wave			~10%
6	Auckland	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 32	~10%
	Plantain Moth			~10%
7	Brisbane	🇦🇺 Australia	3 of 32	~10%
	Plantain Moth			~10%
	Varied Wave Moth			<5%
	Scopula lydia			<5%
8	Lyon	🇫🇷 France	2 of 32	~10%
	Small Blood-Vein			~10%
	Lace Border			<5%
9	Prague	🇨🇿 Czechia	3 of 32	~10%
	Mullein Wave			<5%
	Tawny Wave			<5%
	Lewes Wave			<5%
10	London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 32	~10%
	Small Blood-Vein			~10%
11	Helsinki	🇫🇮 Finland	3 of 32	~10%
	Lesser Cream Wave			~10%
	Lewes Wave			<5%
	Cream Wave			<5%
12	Johannesburg	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 32	~10%
	Black Wave			~10%
13	Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 32	~10%
	Tawny Wave			~10%
	Lewes Wave			<5%
14	Moscow	🇷🇺 Russia	4 of 32	~10%
	Lewes Wave			<5%
	Sub-Angled Wave			<5%
	Cream Wave			<5%
	Lesser Cream Wave			<5%
15	Austin	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 32	~10%
	Swag-Lined Wave			~10%
	Large Lace-Border Moth			<5%
16	Turin	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 32	~10%
	Small Blood-Vein			~10%
17	Milan	🇮🇹 Italy	2 of 32	~10%
	Small Blood-Vein			~10%
	Tawny Wave			<5%
18	Kharkiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1 of 32	~10%
	Sub-Angled Wave			~10%
19	Nizhny Novgorod	🇷🇺 Russia	2 of 32	~10%
	Lewes Wave			~10%
	Sub-Angled Wave			<5%
20	Lisbon	🇵🇹 Portugal	2 of 32	~10%
	Small Blood-Vein			<5%
	Petite Wave			<5%
21	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	3 of 32	~10%
	Lewes Wave			<5%
	Tawny Wave			<5%
	Lesser Cream Wave			<5%
22	Kyiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	2 of 32	~10%
	Sub-Angled Wave			<5%
	Mullein Wave			<5%
23	Baltimore	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 32	~10%
	Large Lace-Border Moth			~10%
24	San Antonio	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 32	~10%
	Swag-Lined Wave			~10%
25	Durban	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 32	~10%
	Black Wave			~10%
26	Saint Petersburg	🇷🇺 Russia	2 of 32	~10%
	Lewes Wave			<5%
	Lesser Cream Wave			<5%
27	Dallas	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 32	~10%
	Swag-Lined Wave			<5%
	Large Lace-Border Moth			<5%
28	Washington	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 32	~10%
	Large Lace-Border Moth			~10%
29	Istanbul	🇹🇷 Turkey	1 of 32	<5%
	Petite Wave			<5%
30	Rome	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 32	<5%
	Petite Wave			<5%
31	Toronto	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 32	<5%
	Large Lace-Border Moth			<5%
32	Bucharest	🇷🇴 Romania	1 of 32	<5%
	Mullein Wave			<5%
33	Edmonton	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 32	<5%
	Large Lace-Border Moth			<5%
34	Sydney	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 32	<5%
	Plantain Moth			<5%
35	Madrid	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 32	<5%
	Small Blood-Vein			<5%
36	Chicago	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 32	<5%
	Large Lace-Border Moth			<5%
37	Philadelphia	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 32	<5%
	Large Lace-Border Moth			<5%
38	Paris	🇫🇷 France	1 of 32	<5%
	Small Blood-Vein			<5%
39	Munich	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 32	<5%
	Lace Border			<5%
40	Pune	🇮🇳 India	1 of 32	<5%
	Scopula fibulata			<5%
41	Perth	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 32	<5%
	Plantain Moth			<5%
42	Boston	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 32	<5%
	Large Lace-Border Moth			<5%
43	Warsaw	🇵🇱 Poland	1 of 32	<5%
	Tawny Wave			<5%
44	Hong Kong	🇨🇳 China	1 of 32	<5%
	Scopula divisaria			<5%
45	Monterrey	🇲🇽 México	1 of 32	<5%
	Swag-Lined Wave			<5%
46	Montreal	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 32	<5%
	Large Lace-Border Moth			<5%
47	Minneapolis [Saint Paul]	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 32	<5%
	Large Lace-Border Moth			<5%
48	Bangkok	🇹🇭 Thailand	1 of 32	<5%
	Scopula caesaria			<5%
49	New York City	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 32	<5%
	Large Lace-Border Moth			<5%
50	Taipei	🇹🇼 Taiwan	1 of 32	<5%
	Scopula divisaria			<5%
51	Tokyo	🇯🇵 Japan	1 of 32	<5%
	Sub-Angled Wave			<5%
52	Singapore	🇸🇬 Singapore	1 of 32	<5%
	Scopula divisaria			<5%