Species Details

ABH: 70.114

BF: 1876

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Hydrelia flammeolaria

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1767)

Vernacular: Small Yellow Wave

Account: Common in broad-leaved woodland and hedgerows throughout the British Isles Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Field Maple, Sycamore and Alder, 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: 20 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 17 May (2011) — 11 Aug (2004)

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

Foodplant: Acer campestre (Field Maple), Alnus glutinosa (Alder).

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: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/hydrelia-flammeolaria/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 446

Individuals: 152

Earliest Year: 1903

Latest Year: 2021

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