Menophra abruptaria, the waved umber, is a moth of the family Geometridae.

The species was first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1792.

It is found in south-western North Africa, southern Europe and Anatolia; in the north, it is found from England to Switzerland, south-western Germany, Bangladesh .

Adults are on wing from April to June.

The larvae feed on Ligustrum ovalifolium and Syringa vulgaris.