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Family: Geometridae   Checklist Number: 70.013

Idaea biselata  (Hufnagel, 1767)

Small Fan-footed Wave

Frequently recorded in the Uists, and now in Lewis. A species associated with woodland and mature gardens from June to August. Little is known of the food-plants, but herbaceous plants are used to rear larvae in captivity.

References: 
Leverton, R. & Cubitt, M. (2024). The Larger Moths of Scotland.
Waring, P. & Townsend, M. (2018 third edition). Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

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