Small Frosted Wave

Scopula lautaria · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Geometridae

Also called: Small Frosted Wave Moth

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Small Frosted Wave
Photo: Laura Gaudette, CC BY

The adult Small Frosted Wave has a wingspan of roughly 15 mm. It is found in North America, recorded from Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

The adult's wingspan measures about 15 mm.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 9 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina.

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

Small Frosted Wave photo 2
Photo: Laura Gaudette, CC BY
Small Frosted Wave photo 3
Photo: jimeckert49, CC BY
Small Frosted Wave photo 4
Photo: David George, CC BY
Small Frosted Wave photo 5
Photo: Leila Dasher, CC BY

Same family (Geometridae)

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Sources

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

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

Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.

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