Season (Adult / Immature):
National Status: Common
Local Status: Abundant and widespread resident.
Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation
Flight time: One generation, Jun-Aug, (Sep-Oct).
Foodplant: Herbaceous plants.
|Year first recorded||1905||2008||2007||1970||1905|
|Year last recorded||2011||2008||2007||2011||2011|
|Number of records||6451||1||1||371||13648|
|Number of individuals||24787||1||15||1135||51876|
For the region, we have a total of 13648 records from 696 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1905.
For further information refer UK Moths.
Davey, P., 2009: A widespread species in Britain, the polyphagous larva feeding on the withered or mouldy fallen leaves of deciduous trees, shrubs and grasses, plus a variety of low-growing herbaceous plants including knotgrass (Polygonum spp.), chickweed (Stellaria spp.), dandelion (Taraxacum agg.) and dock (Rumex spp.). In Dorset, the moth is ubiquitous and often abundant, occurring in practically every habitat type. Of the four thousand plus Riband Waves trapped at Arne Wood between 1974 and 1995, 24% were of the typical banded form, and 76 % referred to the plain form, ab. remutata.