Asthena albulata
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The Small White Wave is a moth
of the Geometridae family. It is known from all of Europe
and is also present in the Near East
.
The wingspan
is 14-18 mm. The ground color of the wings is white. There are two brown bands running over the wing and there is a row of black dots along the margin of both wings. There are two generations per year with adults on wing from mid April to August.
The larvae feed on Corylus avellana
, Betula and sometimes Carpinus betulus. Larvae can be found from May to September. It overwinters as a pupa.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Geometridae family. It is known from all of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and is also present in the Near East
Near East
The Near East is a geographical term that covers different countries for geographers, archeologists, and historians, on the one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 14-18 mm. The ground color of the wings is white. There are two brown bands running over the wing and there is a row of black dots along the margin of both wings. There are two generations per year with adults on wing from mid April to August.
The larvae feed on Corylus avellana
Corylus avellana
Corylus avellana, the Common Hazel, is a species of hazel native to Europe and western Asia, from the British Isles south to Iberia, Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, north to central Scandinavia, and east to the central Ural Mountains, the Caucasus, and northwestern Iran. It is an important component of...
, Betula and sometimes Carpinus betulus. Larvae can be found from May to September. It overwinters as a pupa.