Idaea costaria
White-edged Wave at Wanniassa, ACT
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| Idaea costaria | donhe | 3 May 2025 | |
| Idaea costaria | WendyEM | 3 May 2025 | |
| Idaea (genus) | ibaird | 17 Nov 2018 | |
| Unverified | JohnBundock | 16 Nov 2018 |
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User's notes
About 13mm across.
5 comments
17 Nov 2018
The accepted wisdom is that scales between the bases of the antennae is light in the case of inversata and light in the case of costaria.
18 Nov 2018
I think you may have meant 'darker' in the case of I. inversata. Difficult to see the scales between the bases of the antennae in this case.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.093237-35.393720
- Altitude 641.3m
- Places Wanniassa, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 Nov 2018 08:52 PM Recorded on
- JohnBundock Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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- JohnBundock NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Idaea costaria Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Idaea costaria Scientific name
- White-edged Wave Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 794.3m Recorded at altitude
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6 / 7
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