Species Details

ABH: 70.010

BF: 1701

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Sterrhinae

Taxon: Idaea sylvestraria

Authority: (Hübner, [1799])

Vernacular: Dotted Border Wave

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 16 Jun (1970) — 16 Aug (1961)

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

Foodplant: Polygonum sp., Taraxacum sp.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 87

Individuals: 44

Earliest Year: 1929

Latest Year: 2015

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