Idaea aversata (Linnaeus 1758) (Family Geometridae)


Colour Variants

Forewing Length: 14-16mm;
Wingspan: 23-30mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
? July - May ? June - August
(Earliest: 10.6)

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows

Spruce Forest
Food:
(Larva)
(Polyphagous)

Polygonum aviculare

Rumex obtusifolius

Taraxacum campylodes

Stellaria media

Geum urbanum
Possible Food:
(Larva)
(Polyphagous)

Galium
Possible Parasitoids:
Many Ichneumonidae Larvae

Many Braconidae Larvae

Several Tachinidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Idaea aversata
Idaea aversata
Nature Spot: Riband Wave - Idaea aversata
Lepidoptera and Their Ecology: Idaea aversata
Lepiforum: Idaea aversata


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