1955 Common White Wave, Cabera pusaria, (Linnaeus, 1758)
National Status :
Common
Local Status :
Resident (SMP Status 1)
Distribution and abundance :
Widespread and common
Habitats :
Heathland, woodland, scrub, fens
Flight Period :
Double-brooded; May to June and late July to August
Larval foodplants :
birches, Alder and sallows
Morley's Final Catalogue :
Abundant everywhere in sylvan places from Bentley Woods to Gorleston; Blythburgh Wood in 1931.
Wingspan details :
Forewing 15-17mm, Wingspan 32-35mm
Identification
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Further Photographs
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Dark form - beaten from Silver birch - Ipswich, Suffolk (7.ix.2010) © Neil Sherman
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Eye (25.v.2001) © Paul Kitchener
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Beaten from Hazel - Bonny Wood, Suffolk (ix.2004) © N Sherman
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Found on Silver Birch - Martlesham Heath, Suffolk (13.viii.2006) © A Prichard
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Beaten from Alder (Alnus glutinosa) - Newbourne, Suffolk (22.viii.2009) © A Prichard
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Close up of anal plate - Newbourne, Suffolk (22.viii.2009) © A Prichard
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Close up of head - Newbourne, Suffolk (22.viii.2009) © A Prichard
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Ipswich, Suffolk (5.vii.2012) © Neil Sherman
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Larva beaten from birch - North Cove, Suffolk (16.ix.2012) © A Prichard
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Larva beaten from birch - North Cove, Suffolk (16.ix.2012) © A Prichard
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