Plain Wave Idaea straminata
Status .....Scarce, but well recorded at Sherwood Forest NNR. Plain Wave is very similar to Riband Wave, but is much less common of the two species. Worn examples of the form of Riband Wave shown below, can easily be confused with Plain Wave.
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Photographed at Clipstone Old Quarter July 2010
 
     
Riband Wave Idaea aversata (For comparison)
Photographed at Eakring Flash July 2003.
   
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UK distribution of Plain Wave
 

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