Species Details

ABH: 70.006

BF: 1705

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Sterrhinae

Taxon: Idaea fuscovenosa

Authority: (Goeze, 1781)

Vernacular: Dwarf Cream Wave

Account: Local in hedgerows, scrubby grassland, woodland edges and gardens throughout England. Fairly distinctive with narrow, dark costal streak. Larva feeds on herbaceous plants such as Dandelion and Knotgrass.

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: 19 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jun (2020) — 23 Aug (1990)

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

Foodplant: Taraxacum sp.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/idaea-fuscovenosa/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 665

Individuals: 522

Earliest Year: 1903

Latest Year: 2025

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