Scopula ordinata

Scopula ordinata · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Geometridae

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Scopula ordinata
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Scopula ordinata is a moth belonging to the Geometridae family. The caterpillars feed on the plant Trillium catesbaei.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

The larvae feed on the plant Trillium catesbaei.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 11 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Texas, Florida.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in United States. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Scopula ordinata photo 2
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Scopula ordinata photo 3
Photo: Ramon and Suzanne Vargas, CC BY-SA
Scopula ordinata photo 4
Photo: Leila Dasher, CC BY
Scopula ordinata photo 5
Photo: Grace Merkert, CC BY

Questions people ask

What do the larvae of Scopula ordinata eat?

The caterpillars feed on Trillium catesbaei.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Geometridae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopula_ordinata

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-28 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-28.

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