Family:
Geometridae
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| 1663 |
March
Moth |
Alsophila
aescularia |
Wingspan
25-35mm |
17 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common and widespread throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Open
woodland, parks and gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Oak,
Hawthorn, Blackthorn and Willows |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa. Pupates underground below the foodplant in a cocoon |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1665 |
Grass
Emerald |
Pseudoterpna
pruinata |
Wingspan
30-35mm |
0 |
©
Chris Steeman
|
| Status: |
Resident,
common throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Heathland,
moorland, scrub and shingle beaches |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Gorse,
Broom and Petty Whin |
| Overwinters: |
As
a tiny larva among food plant. Pupates in plant debris |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1666 |
Large
Emerald |
Geometra
papilionaria |
Wingspan
40-50mm |
0 |
Photo © Ian
Kimber
|
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
scrubby heathland and parks |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Downy
Birch, Silver Birch and Hazel |
| Overwinters: |
As
a small larva on a silk pad on a twig of the food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1667 |
Blotched
Emerald |
Comibaena
bajularia |
Wingspan
23-27mm |
1 |
© Peter
Tilley
|
| Status: |
Resident,
local |
| Habitat: |
Established
woodland with mature Oaks |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Pendunculate
and Sessile Oak |
| Overwinters: |
As
a small larva. Pupates in a cocoon among Oak leaves |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1669 |
Common
Emerald |
Hemithea
aestivaria |
Wingspan
24-27mm |
12 |
©Peter Tilley
|
| Status: |
Resident,
common |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
hedgerows, scrub and gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Hawthorn,
Blackthorn, Hazel and Oaks |
| Overwinters: |
As
a small larva. Pupates among leaves of food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1673 |
Small
Emerald |
Hemistola
chrysoprasaria |
Wingspan
28-32mm |
1 |
©Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
local well distributed north of the Wash |
| Habitat: |
Most
sites where food plant grows |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Travellers
Joy and cultivated Clematis |
| Overwinters: |
As
a small larva. Pupates among the food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1680 |
Maidens
Blush |
Cyclophora
punctaria |
Wingspan
28-32mm |
2 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
local in central southern England and parts of Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Oak
woodlands |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Oaks |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa attached to fallen oak leaves |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1682 |
Blood-vein |
Timandra
comae |
Wingspan
23-28mm |
228 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Wide
range of herb rich vegetation, wet meadows, gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Docks,
Common Orache, Knotgrass |
| Overwinters: |
As
a larva. Pupates near to ground among plant debris |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1690 |
Small
Blood-vein |
Scopula
imitaria |
Wingspan
26-29mm |
123 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Gardens,
hedgerows, open coastal sites, woodland |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Garden
Privet, Honeysuckle |
| Overwinters: |
As
a larva on its food plant. Pupates in food plant debris |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1691 |
Rosy
wave |
Scopula
emutaria |
Wingspan
23-26mm |
8 |
© Peter
Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
National Scarce B, local Gibraltar Point and Spurn Point |
| Habitat: |
Saltings,
marshland, bogs |
Laval
Food Plant: |
As
yet undiscovered |
| Overwinters: |
As
a part-grown larva found on Sea-beet. Pupates in a cocoon
on debris near the ground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
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