Species Details

ABH: 70.278

BF: 1956

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Cabera exanthemata

Authority: (Scopoli, 1763)

Vernacular: Common Wave

Account: Common in broad-leaved, often damp, woodland throughout much of the British Isles; frequently recorded and well distributed across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 30-35 mm. The main confusion species is Common White Wave C. pusaria, in which the cross-lines are straight and grey. Larva feeds on Goat Willow, Grey Willow, Aspen and Poplar, over-wintering as a pupa.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 30 — 35 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 24 Apr (1993) — 6 Sep (2007)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Populus tremula (Aspen), Salix sp. (a sallow).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/cabera-exanthemata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 887

Individuals: 940

Earliest Year: 1883

Latest Year: 2025

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