Species Account for Idaea sylvestraria
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Idaea sylvestraria (Hübner, [1799]) 70.010 
Dotted Border Wave
Lepidoptera: macromoths: Geometridae
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Taxonomic group: larger moths (Lepidoptera: macromoths) - County data
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Adult:
Adult: Very scarce / difficult species, voucher specimen may be required
Records: 19
First Record: 1973
Latest Record: 2025
1992-on hectads: 7
Pre-1992 hectads: 2
Total hectads: 9
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Essex Red Data List comment
Recorded from 2 out of 57x10km.sq. records in county
Habitats
Broad Habitat Data (based on 3 records with habitat information)
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no structural habitat data available
Habitat Detail and Method (based on 19 records with habitat detail and method information)
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