Scopula marginepunctata

Scopula marginepunctata, the mullein wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae, described by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1781. It occurs throughout Europe, from the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Ural mountains in the east, and north to the south coast of England, the southern Netherlands and the German Baltic Sea coast, though it is missing in parts of northern Germany. In the south the range continues across North Africa from Morocco to Egypt and east through the Middle East, Asia Minor, the Caucasus, northern Iran, Central Asia and Mongolia. The wingspan is 25 to 28 millimetres, and the smaller second generation often reaches only about 18 millimetres. The base colour is off white to light brown, dusted with dark scales, and the outer cross line is usually strongly developed and jagged.