Common Wave Moth (Yellow-dusted Cream Moth)

Cabera exanthemata

General Status Rank: 
Secure
Common Name: 
Common Wave Moth (Yellow-dusted Cream Moth)
Scientific Name: 
Cabera exanthemata
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Lepidoptera (Moth)
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Lepidoptera
Family: 
Geometridae
Habitat
willow (Salix spp.), and a single record from white birch (Betula payrifera)
Distribution

Distribution

Score: 
G
References: 
HSS011
W124
DD26

Number of Occurrences

Rare to average for occurrence records, based on 3 compiled localities, 3 records - Fort smith, Fort Simpson, Tulita: McGuffin (1981)
Score: 
AD
References: 
HSS007
W124
DD26
A421

Area of Occupancy

Score: 
-
Threats

Intrinsic Vulnerability

Score: 
C
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Secure
Status Rank Description: 
Average in range according to Barcode of Life Datasystems (2014), McGuffin (1981), and Moth Photographers Group (2014). Rare to average for occurrence records, based on 3 compiled localities from Barcode of Life Datasystems (2014), McGuffin (1981), and Moth Photographers Group (2014).I: Common subarctic species wherever hosts are found.
S Rank: 
S3S4
Decision Process Description: 
Newly ranked in 2014 by Jeremy deWaard using the NatureServe Canada Rank Calculator.; Reviewed in 2020 by Doug Macaulay, modified from undetermined to secure, more information
Last Updated: 
September 24, 2020

References

Number of Occurrences

  • Hebert, Remi (2014) Moths - an email Title RE: Moss and lichens or moths with ranks proposed by Richard Westwood, Jeremy deWaard, and Doug Macauley (07/16/2014 at 11:27). - HSS007 Return
  • Mississippi State University (2015) Mississippi Entomological Museum - W124 Return
  • Bold Systems (2014) - DD26 Return
  • McGuffin (1967) Mem ent Soc Canada Ottawa 3-67 - A421 Return

Range Extent

  • deWaard. J (2014) email Re: moth rank calculator for the Northwest Territories (08/21/2014). - HSS011 Return
  • Mississippi State University (2015) Mississippi Entomological Museum - W124 Return
  • Bold Systems (2014) - DD26 Return