70.277 BF1955 – Common White Wave – Geometridae – Cabera pusaria

 

Common White WaveGeometridae – Ennominae – Cabera pusaria – colour code

 STATUS – Resident, widely distributed in Derbyshire and locally common, especially in birch woodland, with greatest numbers from the southern lowland areas of the county. 
 
 ID POINTERS – A white moth that can be confused with Common Wave. Look for the grey peppered markings across both wings and the fairly straight silvery-grey and diagonal cross-lines, 3 running through the forewing and two through the hind-wing.
 
 FLIGHT PERIOD –  On the wing May – August 
 
IMAGES – Melbourne, Derbyshire – Images by Tony Davison© 
 
 
 
 Common White Wave
 
 
 
 
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