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White-edged Wave

Idaea costaria

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

A pale brown moth with a wing span of 13 mm. It had small dark flecks arranged in wavs across all four wings. Trailing margins had a thin broken dark line.
A pale line ran across the costa and over the head.

Habitat:

Spotted in a nature reserve.

Notes:

The wings are varied shades of brown in this species. <br>
http://www.lepbarcoding.org/australia/species.php?region=1&id=73991 <br>

Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Sterrhinae

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