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Idaea ochrata (Scopoli, 1763)

Bright Wave
70.0030 (B&F: 1696)


»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Geometroidea
    »Family: Geometridae
      »Subfamily: Sterrhinae
        »Tribe: Idaeini

Number of records: 35
Recorded in: 7 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 01 viii 2024
Identification 
difficulty 
: 2Species where care is needed for identification. Should not present any difficulty for experienced recorders, but inexperienced recorders may be expected to provide additional evidence in the form of photographs of reasonable quality that show as many of the identification features as possible or, alternatively, a specimen. Even experienced recorders may be expected to provide additional evidence if the record is outside of the normal flight period or geographical range of the species.

There is only one good record of this species in Sussex. A single specimen was identified at mv light in the Beach Field part of the Nook Beach section of Rye Harbour on July 25th 1996. (Pratt, 2011)

Idaea ochrata
Bracklesham, 20 vii 2011
Photo: Derek Lee
Idaea ochrata
Herstmonceux, 29 ix 2016
Photo: Mike Mullis
Idaea ochrata
Bracklesham, 30 vi 2025
Photo: Derek Lee

Distribution at 1km scale

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No larval records

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