title: Scopula turbulentaria
text: # Scopula turbulentaria
  
  Scopula turbulentaria, the dotted ochre wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in southern Russia, Albania, Romania, Greece, North Macedonia and Italy and on Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, Cyprus, as well as in Turkey.
  
  The wingspan is 18–19 mm.
  
  The larvae feed on Nicotiana species, Plantago lanceolata and other low-growing plants.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  The species was formerly treated as a subspecies of Scopula turbidaria.
  
  