Species Details

ABH: 70.009

BF: 1709

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Sterrhinae

Taxon: Idaea subsericeata

Authority: (Haworth, 1809)

Vernacular: Satin Wave

Account: Common in woodland, scrub, hedgerows, rough grassland and gardens throughout much of southern England, less frequent in south-western and northern England The most likely confusion species are the very much less common Dotted Border Wave I. sylvestraria, which is very much confined to the heathland of the New Forest and the north-east.

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: 22 — 25 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 9 May (1999) — 25 Aug (1959)

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

Foodplant: Plantago sp., Polygonum sp., 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-subsericeata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 200

Individuals: 229

Earliest Year: 1886

Latest Year: 2016

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