Scopula incanata ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

King, Gareth Edward & González-Estébanez, Félix Javier, 2015, Geometrid larvae of the Alpi Marittime Natural Park (district of Valdieri, Cuneo, Italy), with descriptions of the larvae of two Gnophini Pierce, 1914 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Geometridae), Zoosystema 37 (4), pp. 621-631 : 624

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scientific name	Scopula incanata ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
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Scopula incanata ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Phalaena Geometra incanata Linnaeus, 1758: 528 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Larva (L5) 28.V.2011; Sant’Anna di Valdieri (981 m), between unidentified labiate species and Rumex conglomeratus (prepared to pupate 31.V.2011, pupa formed 2.VI.2011, ♂ emerged 11.VI.2011 (slide code 3743) GEK leg. et det. deposited MNCN) .

NOTES ON FOOD- PLANT. — Food-plant not known with certainty in the study area ( Baldizzone et al. 2005). Larva taken in vicinity of Rumex conglomeratus , which agrees with general references to its food-plants as being polygonales (Ebert & Steiner 2001; Hausmann 2004). Reared in captivity on Rumex crispus .

OTHER OBSERVATIONS. — Previously cited in the PNAM ( Baldizzone et al. 2005).

Scopula marginepunctata

( Goeze, 1781)

Phalaena Geometra marginepunctata Goeze, 1781: 385 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — L 5 Larva 6.IV.2009: Riserva Naturale Ginepro di Fenecia (911-927 m) in proximity to a clump of Thymus sp. (Labiatae) (♀ slide code 3482 ]; 11 L 5 larvae 7.IV.2009, two specimens in proximity to Sedum sp. (Crassulariaceae), 9 (L5) specimens in proximity to Thymus sp. (♀ slide code 3479; 2 ♂♂ 3480, 3481 GEK leg. et det. deposited MNCN). All 12 specimens were collected exposed on open soil in full sunlight near to the aforementioned plants .

OTHER OBSERVATIONS. — Previously cited in the PNAM ( Baldizzone et al. 2005). The finding of larvae on a bare substrate near to (but not on) possible food-plants and exposed to sunshine, concords with larvae of this species taken in central Spain (November to March) (King, pers. obs.), and to other species in the genus Scopula Schrank, 1802 . This is possibly related to a “hide-escape” strategy adopted by the larvae, if female parasitoids are guided to their larval host by the chemicals released by leaves torn by phytophagous insects (Turlings et al. 2003).