About Scopula floslactata (Haworth, 1809)
This species, Scopula floslactata, has a wingspan of approximately three centimetres. Its wing colour and pattern are variable, with wings ranging from creamy white to yellowish white. Three jagged crosslines usually run across both the forewings and hindwings, and a wavy line can occasionally appear in the marginal wing field. The discal flecks are small; they are often missing or heavily blurred on the forewings, while discal flecks on the hindwings are almost always present. The wing fringes are sometimes slightly darker than the base wing colour. Males of the species have small, feathered antennae. Scopula floslactata is similar in appearance to Scopula immutata, but can be distinguished by its less rounded forewings and its less developed or completely absent black discal spot. In terms of distribution, Scopula floslactata is a very common species in parts of France and central Europe. Its range extends north into Scandinavia and Finland, and the species is largely absent from southern Europe, with only isolated recorded occurrences in southern Bulgaria and the Pyrenees. Its distribution extends east across the Palearctic region, from the Urals through to the Russian Far East (including Sakhalin), and into Korea, northeastern China, and Japan.
