Riband Wave

Riband Wave

Taxobox
name = Riband Wave


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Idaea aversata",
sitting on a nettle leaf
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Geometridae
subfamilia = Sterrhinae
genus = "Idaea"
species = "I. aversata"
binomial = "Idaea aversata"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1758The Riband Wave "(Idaea aversata)" is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is an abundant species in Europe, the Near East and North Africa, its distinctive outline familiar at lighted windows.

The species has a wingspan of 30-35 mm. The wings are buff or cream with dark fascia. Two main forms exist, equally abundant: One has darker shading between the central fascia (as in the picture), the other has not. The adults fly at night from June to August, occasionally later ref|flight_season, and are attracted to light.

The larva is brown, tapering towards the front, and feeds on a variety of plants including bedstraw, chickweed, dandelion and knotgrass. The species overwinters as a small larva.

#Note|flight_season"The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range."

External links

* [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/sterrhinae/idaea/index.html#aversata Riband Wave at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera pages]

References

Chinery, Michael "Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe" 1986 (Reprinted 1991)

Skinner, Bernard "Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles" 1984


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