Family: Geometridae
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1858 The V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata Wingspan 14-19mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, well distributed over much of lowland England and Wales
Habitat: Parks, gardens, scrub, hedgerows

Laval Food Plant:

 Flowers of various plants including Dog Rose, Travellers Joy
Overwinters: As a pupa underground

Flight Period


1860 Green Pug Chloroclystis rectangulata Wingspan 15-20mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, distributed over much of Britain
Habitat: Gardens, parks, hedgerows, woodland

Laval Food Plant:

 Crab Apple, Cherry, Hawthorn and Blackthorn
Overwinters: As an egg on the food plant. Pupates on the ground in loose earth

Flight Period

1862 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Wingspan 15-19mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, distributed over much of Britain
Habitat: Gardens, parks, heathland, moorland and woodland

Laval Food Plant:

 Flowers of various plants including Holly, Ivy, Gorse, Broom
Overwinters: As a pupa in plant debris

Flight Period

1864 The Streak Chesias legatella Wingspan 30-35mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, distributed over much of Britain
Habitat: To be found wherever food plant occurs

Laval Food Plant:

 Broom
Overwinters: As an egg on the food plant, pupates underground

Flight Period

1867 Treble Bar Aplocera plagiata Wingspan 27-40
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, fairly frequent throughout Britain
Habitat: Many varied places including sand dunes

Laval Food Plant:

 St Johns Wort
Overwinters: As a larva, pupates underground

Flight Period

1871 Grey Carpet Lithostege griseata Wingspan 28-31mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, and possible immigrant. Red Data Book species. Found in Breckland
Habitat: Brecklands, East Anglia

Laval Food Plant:

 Seed pods of Flixweed
Overwinters: As a pupa in a cocoon in sandy soil, sometimes for two winters

Flight Period

1874 Dingy Shell Euchoeca nebulata Wingspan 23-25mm
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Photo © Ian Kimber
Status: Resident, locally distributed throughout much of England
Habitat: Damp woodland, marshy areas

Laval Food Plant:

 Alder
Overwinters: As a pupa, pupates in plant debris

Flight Period

1876 Small Yellow Wave Hydrelia flammeolaria Wingspan 14-20mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, fairly frequent north to Humber, local further north
Habitat: Broadleaf woodland, hedgerows

Laval Food Plant:

 Field Maple, Alder
Overwinters: As a pupa among plant debris

Flight Period

1881 Early Toothed-striped Trichopteryx carpinata Wingspan 30-34mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, fairly common over most of Britain
Habitat: Broadleaf woodland, fens and heathland

Laval Food Plant:

 Sallows, Birch, Honeysuckle, Alder
Overwinters: As a pupa

Flight Period

1882 Small Seraphim Pterapherapteryx sexalata Wingspan 22-26mm
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© Peter Clarke
Status: Resident, local in Southern England and East Anglia, sparodic elsewhere
Habitat: Damp broadleaf woodland, scrub, fens and other marshy places

Laval Food Plant:

 Sallows
Overwinters: As a pupa

Flight Period

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