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lynnekp bournemouth, United Kingdom Jul 17, 2021

I realise there are thousands of different moths but just wondered if someone can ID this one. Seen in Dorset today, it was about 2-3cms from wing tip to wing tip.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jul 17, 2021

It's in the family Geometridae. As I'm sure you're aware, this is quite a large family in which there are several assemblages of species having quite similar markings. That aside, i would consider this a possibility: https://britishlepidoptera.weebly.com/016-idaea-aversata-riband-wave.html

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lynnekp bournemouth, United Kingdom Jul 18, 2021

Thanks, yes that looks really good. And it's actually in my Insects Book but somehow I missed it although I spotted a Common Wave. Similar but not right!

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jul 18, 2021

Glad that worked. One of the limitations of guide books such as yours is that they usually do not show the degree of individual variability that can occur within many species.

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