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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants © Ian Kimber Family   Geometridae Sub Family   Sterrhinae Description   mochas and waves; a sub-family of the Geometridae Background to Family   The mochas (Cyclophora) are generally scarce insects, which are bivoltine and overwinter as pupae; they feed on broadleaved trees, especially oaks. The waves (Scopula and Idaea) are univoltine and overwinter as larvae. They tend to be oligophagous to polyphagous on a wide range of herbaceous, dicot plants; several species include dead and withered foliage in the diet.     No. taxa in DBIF   _ No. interactions   _ % interactions with British data   _ No. records   _ % taxa with British data   _ Notes   Old data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings. New material added from Waring, Townsend & Lewington, 2003. Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. British Wildlife Publishing, UK.; ; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   see family entry Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 59 Source   Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 31 Source   Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 30 Source   Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 67 Source   Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 71 Source   Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 69 Source   Wilson, F.(1943) Bull. Coun. scient. ind. Res., Melb. 169 1-87:12 Source   Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:87 Source   Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 64 Source   Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 70 Source   West, B.K.(1980) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 92 31-32:31 Source   Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 68 Source   Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:88 Source   Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :19 Source   Compton, S. (1984-01-24) fauna. :2 Source   Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 28 Source   Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 63 Source   Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 33 Source   Pratt, C.(1985) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 97 131-131:131 Source   Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 61 Source   Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:90 Source   Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 32 Source   Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 29 Source   Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :22 Source   Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:89 Source   Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 66 Source   Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:86 Source   Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 60 Source   Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 62 Source   Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :21 Source   Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :20 Source   Rosenthal, S.S. & Buckingham, G.R.(1982) Hilgardia 50:2 1-19:18 Source   Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:85 Source   Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 65