Species Details

ABH: 70.027

BF: 1693

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Sterrhinae

Taxon: Scopula floslactata

=Scopula floslactata floslactata

=Scopula floslactata scotica

Authority: (Haworth, 1809)

Vernacular: Cream Wave

Account: Local in broad-leaved woodland, hedgerows, damp grassland and gardens throughout much of England and Wales Similar to Lesser Cream Wave S. immutata, but larger. Larva feeds on Bedstraw, Woodruff and Bush Vetch.

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: 29 — 33 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 30 Apr (1920) — 10 Jul (2007)

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/scopula-floslactata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 231

Individuals: 89

Earliest Year: 1882

Latest Year: 2024

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