Editing Riband wave (section)

==Distribution==
It is an abundant species in Europe, the [[Near East]] and [[North Africa]] and across the [[Palearctic]]. Records are few in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula. The north border is northern [[Sweden]] and northern [[Finland]]. The northernmost parts of [[Russia]] and a few areas of Russia, northwest of the [[Caspian Sea]] are excluded. In North Africa (eastern [[Algeria]] and [[Tunisia]]), there is a smaller presence belonging to a separate subspecies (''Idaea aversata indeviata'' <small>Prout, 1935</small>). Outside Europe, the distribution area extends from northern [[Turkey]] up to the [[Caucasus]], from there via [[Central Asia]], [[Siberia]] and north-east [[China]] to [[Japan]]. The occurrence in Japan is regarded as subspecies (''Idaea aversata japonica'' <small>Inoue, 1955</small>). A small, isolated occurrence in southern Turkey is remarkable.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210630/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=444228 ''Fauna Europaea'']</ref>