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Family:
Geometridae
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| 1917
|
Early
Thorn |
Selenia
dentaria |
Wingspan
28-40mm |
116 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
scrub, hedgerows, parks, gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Blackthorn,
Hawthorn, and other woody broadleaf plants |
| Overwinters: |
As
an egg on the food plant. Pupates among spun leaves |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1919
|
Purple
Thorn |
Selenia
tetralunaria |
Wingspan
30-38 |
0
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
fairly common in S England and Wales, scarcer in the north |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
scrub, acid heathland, some gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Many
broadleaf trees |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa just below ground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1920
|
Scalloped
Hazel |
Odontopera
bidentata |
Wingspan
32-40 |
7 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
scrub,hedgerows, conifer plantations |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Wide
range of woody plants |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa, pupates on the ground among plant debris |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1921
|
Scalloped
Oak |
Crocallis
elinguaria |
Wingspan
32-41 |
225 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
scrub, hedgerows, parks, gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Wide
range of deciduous trees |
| Overwinters: |
As
an egg on the food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1922
|
Swallow-tailed
Moth |
Ourapteryx
sambucaria |
Wingspan
40-50mm |
69 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain, but absent in
N Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
scrub, hedgerows, parks, gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Wide
range of deciduous trees and Ivy |
| Overwinters: |
As
a larva in the bark. Forms a cocoon on the food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1923
|
Feathered
Thorn |
Colotois
pennaria |
Wingspan
35-45mm |
45 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
scrub, hedgerows, parks, gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Wide
range of deciduous trees |
| Overwinters: |
As
an egg on the food plant. Pupates just below ground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1926
|
Pale
Brindled Beauty |
Apocheima
pilosaria |
Wingspan
35-40mm |
1
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
fairly common throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Broadleaf
woodland, and many other sites with trees or scrub |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Wide
range of deciduous trees including Oak and Hawthorn |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in an underground cocoon |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1927
|
Brindled
Beauty |
Lycia
hirtaria |
Wingspan
35-45mm |
8 |
© Peter
Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, distributed throughout a large part of Britain, scarcer
in the north |
| Habitat: |
Broadleaf
woodland, scrub, hedgerows, parks and gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Many
broadleaf trees |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa underground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1930
|
Oak
Beauty |
Biston
strataria |
Wingspan
40-50mm |
14 |
© Peter
Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, distributed throughout a large part of Britain, scarcer
in the north |
| Habitat: |
Broadleaf
woodland, scrub, hedgerows |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Many
broadleaf trees |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa underground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1931
|
Peppered
Moth |
Biston
betularia |
Wingspan
35-60mm |
52 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
scrub, hedgerows, parks |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Wide
range of trees and shrubs including Poplar, Beech, Sallows |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa underground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
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