Species Details

ABH: 70.003

BF: 1696

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Sterrhinae

Taxon: Idaea ochrata

=Idaea ochrata cantiata

Authority: (Scopoli, 1763)

Vernacular: Bright Wave

Account: An endangered Red Data Book species, on golf courses, shingle beaches and sand-dunes in Kent from Sandwich to Walmer, predominantly coastal, a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Elsewhere, a few immigrants from mainland Europe have been recorded in Norfolk, Suffolk and Sussex Can be confused with Ochraceous Wave I. serpentata. Larva feeds on Smooth Tare and Hare's-foot Clover.

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: 21 — 24 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Polyphagous.

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

Status: Near Threatened (NT)

UK BAP: BAP

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2006

Latest Year: 2006

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