70.013 BF1702 – Small Fan-footed Wave – Geometridae – Idaea biselata
Small Fan-footed Wave – Geometridae – Sterrhinae – Idaea biselata – colour code •
STATUS – Resident in Derbyshire, locally common and widely distributed. Most common at a few localities in the south and east of the county.
ID POINTERS – A small cream coloured moth with a small distinctive black spot in the central fore and hind wing. A broad darker outer cross band that is very wavy with a whitish thinner cross line running alongside its outer edge. The markings can be very variable in strength and colour, as in the form fimbriolata.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing – July – August.
IMAGES – Melbourne, South Derbyshire – Images by Tony Davison© and Curbar, North Derbyshire – Jane & Phil Lester©
Small Fan-footed Wave – Curbar, North Derbyshire – form biselata
Small Fan-footed Wave – Melbourne, South Derbyshire – Above two images of form fimbriolata