Scopula imitaria (Hübner, [1799])
Small Blood-vein
70.0240 (B&F: 1690)
»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Geometroidea
»Family: Geometridae
»Subfamily: Sterrhinae
»Tribe: Scopulini
A resident that generally occurs singly or sparingly but is sometimes fairly common at mv light in a few bushy places, especially along the coast. Well distributed away from central East Sussex. Very local in numbers. Double-brooded, flying mainly from early June to the third week of August and again throughout September, althoughh adults have been seen in almost every week from late May to late October. Larvae feed on Honeysuckle and Hawthorne. (Pratt, 2011)
