Geometridae : Sterrhinae
Dotted Border Wave
IDAEA sylvestraria (Hübner,[1799])
Dotted Border Wave
IDAEA sylvestraria (Hübner,[1799])
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 20 - 23mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Ireland,Luxembourg,
Madeira,Malta,Portugal,S,N & E Russia & Sicily) : to eastern Asia
UK Distribution: Well established on heathland in Devon,Dorset,Hampshire,Surrrey and Berkshire otherwise scattered colonies from Sussex to Yorkshire,Lancashire,Cheshire and Cumbria : Channel Isles - rare
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Heathland Areas
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: part grown larva
Observations: The moth forewings are brownish white,covered in thin blackish scales with varying strength cross lines.There are distinct central black spots on the forewings and a line of black terminal dots.
Although similar to other "Waves" the following applies,Silky Wave is tawny brown,lacking the black central forewing spots, with hindwing spots faint or absent and terninal dots either absent or inconspicuous.The Satin Wave has faint forewing and terminal dots and is nearly always whiter.The Dwarf Cream Wave has terminal dashes instead of dots.
The moth is a Nationally Scarce B species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.
Moth flies by dusk and is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Ireland,Luxembourg,
Madeira,Malta,Portugal,S,N & E Russia & Sicily) : to eastern Asia
UK Distribution: Well established on heathland in Devon,Dorset,Hampshire,Surrrey and Berkshire otherwise scattered colonies from Sussex to Yorkshire,Lancashire,Cheshire and Cumbria : Channel Isles - rare
UK Conservation Status -
- Nationally Scarce B (Nb - BAP : 1997) = 31 - 100 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Geometra sylvestraria (Hübner,[1799])
- Phalaena aversata Linnaeus, 1758
- Europe
Habitat: Heathland Areas
Similar Species -
- Silky Wave - Idaea dilutaria - (Hübner, [1799])
- Satin Wave - Idaea subsericeata - (Haworth, 1809)
- Dwarf Cream Wave - Idaea fuscovenosa - (Goeze, 1781)
Overwinters as: part grown larva
Observations: The moth forewings are brownish white,covered in thin blackish scales with varying strength cross lines.There are distinct central black spots on the forewings and a line of black terminal dots.
Although similar to other "Waves" the following applies,Silky Wave is tawny brown,lacking the black central forewing spots, with hindwing spots faint or absent and terninal dots either absent or inconspicuous.The Satin Wave has faint forewing and terminal dots and is nearly always whiter.The Dwarf Cream Wave has terminal dashes instead of dots.
The moth is a Nationally Scarce B species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.
Moth flies by dusk and is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Aster-Daisy - Sunflower Family
- Artemesia campestris - Field Southerwood
- Ericaceae - Heather Family
- Calluna vulgaris - Common Heather - Ling
- Vaccinium myrtilus - Bilberry - Blue Whortleberry
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
- Genista anglica - Petty Whin - Needle Furze - Needle Whin
- Genista tinctoria - Dyer's Greenweed
- Lamiaceae - Labiatae - The Mint Family
- Thymus polytrichus ssp britanicus - Wild Thyme
- Thymus polytrichus ssp britanicus - Wild Thyme
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometroidea Geometridae Sterrhinae Idaeini IDAEA Treitschke, 1825 Idaea sylvestraria (Hübner,[1799]) - Phalaena aversata Linnaeus, 1758 - GEOMETRA sylvestraria (Hübner,[1799]) - Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge / errichtet von Jacob Hübner in Augsburg. By Hübner, Jacob, 1761-1826 : Lepidoptera V : Geometrae 1 : Pl. 18 - n.94-97 - Europe - I.s.f.circellata Gueneé, 1858 - wing background whitis anta- postmedian lines stand out darker I.s.f.biliniata Lempke, 1967 - median line missing I.s.f.grisescens Lempke , 1967 - wing background grey I.s.f.albescens Lempke, 1967 - whitish cross line completely obscured,discal and marginal spots present |