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Scientific Name Cabera exanthemata Common Name Northern Wave Habitat Foothill and northern boreal forests. Seasonality Adults fly in from June into late July. Identification

A cream-coloured moth with fine, dark brown speckling and three (two on the hindwing) transverse lines. Looks like a slightly larger and duskier C. erythemaria, but lacks the yellow-tan overtones of erythemaria .…

A cream-coloured moth with fine, dark brown speckling and three (two on the hindwing) transverse lines. Looks like a slightly larger and duskier C. erythemaria, but lacks the yellow-tan overtones of erythemaria . Identification should be confirmed with genitalic structures, see McGuffin (1981). This species also occurs in Europe, where it is known as the Common Wave.

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In the Alberta foothills, adults fly from mid-afternoon until after dusk, and come to lights. The eggs are laid singly along the midrib of leaf undersides, hatching in 1-2 weeks. Mature larvae are yellow-green with…

In the Alberta foothills, adults fly from mid-afternoon until after dusk, and come to lights. The eggs are laid singly along the midrib of leaf undersides, hatching in 1-2 weeks. Mature larvae are yellow-green with dorsal and subdorsal stripes, pupae overwinter (McGuffin 1981).

Read More + Conservation Not of concern Diet Info Prentice (1963) reports 23 larval collections from willow (Salix spp.), and a single record from white birch (Betula payrifera). Range Restricted to northwestern North America, occurring from Alaska south to Alberta and BC (McGuffin 1981). Also occurs in the Palaerctic region; the North American subspecies is bryantaria (Taylor).