Species Details

ABH: 70.008

BF: 1707

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Sterrhinae

Taxon: Idaea seriata

Authority: (Schrank, 1802)

Vernacular: Small Dusty Wave

Account: Common in gardens, hedgerows and rough ground, also occasionally indoors throughout Britain. Rather pug-like in size and shape, but irrorate (dusty) appearance is unlike any pug. Larva feeds on withered leaves and plant detritus.

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 — 21 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 25 Apr (2007) — 2 Oct (2025)

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

Foodplant: Hedera sp., Polyphagous.

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-seriata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 704

Individuals: 752

Earliest Year: 1904

Latest Year: 2025

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