Riband wave: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Riband wave Idaea aversata

Where the riband wave lives – recorded in 18 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 105,795 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See butterflies & moths on the world map

Riband wave: Idaea aversata — Photo: Photo by User:Monedula., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name	Idaea aversata
Group	Butterflies & moths
Found in	18 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Insect
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Geometridae

Where does the riband wave live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the riband wave in 18 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the riband wave?

The riband wave (Idaea aversata) is an insect in the order Lepidoptera and the family Geometridae, genus Idaea. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the riband wave

The riband wave (Idaea aversata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Riband wave (revision 1306459093), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q137324 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).