White-edged Wave
Dorsal, wingspan ~17mm
White-edged Wave
Anterior
| White-edged Wave Dorsal, wingspan ~17mm | | White-edged Wave Anterior | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Geometer (:Geometridae Sterrhinae) | ||||
| Species: | White-edged Wave (Idaea costaria) | ||||
| This Photo: | Profile | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee) & in the Adelaide Hills These moths are very distinctive with a pale band across the leading edge of their wings and brown-red edging to the trailing edges of all wings. These are very similar to Idaea inversata. These have the pale stripe between the antennae, where as I. inversata has a single coloured head with no stripe. | |||||
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