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Isle of Wight Wave
Idaea humiliata
Idaea humiliata, the Isle of Wight wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Europe. This species was found on the Isle of Wight but became extinct around 1931. There was one sighting in Portsmouth in 1954 but the moth seems extinct in the UK at the present time.
From the article Idaea humiliata on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The species has a wingspan of 19–22 mm. In the UK, the adults flew in one generation in July. "The caterpillar overwinters. The moths fly from June (rarely late May) to mid-August."
Range & habitat
True to its name, this species was once found on the Isle of Wight, England, but became extinct there around 1931. There was one sighting in Portsmouth in 1954, but the moth appears to be currently extirpated from the United Kingdom.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
The larvae feed on knotgrass, dandelion and dock in captivity. It is unknown what the natural foodplant is.
Wikipedia: “Diet”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 359541.