Family: Geometridae
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1932 Spring Usher Agriopis leucophaearia Wingspan 23-28
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, well distributed England and Wales, scarcer elsewhere
Habitat: Mature Oak woodland, parks, gardens

Laval Food Plant:

 Pendunculate Oak, Sessile Oak
Overwinters: As a pupa underground

Flight Period

1933 Scarce Umber Agriopis aurantiaria Wingspan 27-35mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, local in Scotland, fairly well distributed throughout England and Wales
Habitat: Woodland, scrub, parks, gardens

Laval Food Plant:

 Many broadleaf trees
Overwinters: As an egg on the food plant

Flight Period

1934 Dotted Border Agriopis marginaria Wingspan 27-32mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, well distributed throughout Britain
Habitat: Woodland, scrub, heathland, parks, gardens

Laval Food Plant:

 Many broadleaf trees
Overwinters: As a pupa underground

Flight Period

1935 Mottled Umber Erannis defoliaria Wingspan 30-40mm
7
© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, well distributed throughout Britain
Habitat: Woodland, scrub, heathland, parks, gardens

Laval Food Plant:

 Many broadleaf trees
Overwinters: As an egg on the food plant.

Flight Period

1936 Waved Umber Menophra abruptaria Wingspan 36-42
30
© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, widely distributed in S England, scarcer in the north
Habitat: Woodland, scrub, parks, gardens

Laval Food Plant:

 Garden Privet, Lilac, Winter Jasmine
Overwinters: As a pupa in a cocoon on the food plant

Flight Period

1937 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria Wingspan 30-38mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, well distributed throughout Britain
Habitat: Woodland, scrub, parks, gardens

Laval Food Plant:

 Range of broadleaf trees
Overwinters: As a small larva on the food plant. Pupates in a cocoon attached to the food plant

Flight Period

1941 Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata Wingspan 30-45mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, well distributed throughout Britain
Habitat: Woodland, moorland, heathland and scrub

Laval Food Plant:

 Many woody plants
Overwinters: Small larva on the stem of the food plant

Flight Period

1944 Pale Oak Beauty Hypomecis punctinalis Wingspan 46-55mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, in S England and Wales
Habitat: Broadleaf woodland, scrub

Laval Food Plant:

 Pendunculate Oak, Birch, Hawthorn and other broadleaf trees
Overwinters: As a pupa underground

Flight Period

1947 The Engrailed Ectropis bistortata Wingspan 30-40mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, well distributed throughout Britain
Habitat: Broadleaf woodland, scrub

Laval Food Plant:

 Pendunculate Oak, Birch, Hawthorn and other broadleaf trees
Overwinters: As a pupa underground

Flight Period

1950

 Brindled White-spot Paradarisa extersaria Wingspan 33-39mm
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© Peter Clarke
Status: Resident, local. quite well distributed in SE England more local elsewhere
Habitat: Broadleaf woodland

Laval Food Plant:

 Pendunculate Oak, Hazel, Hawthorn, Downy & Siver Birch
Overwinters: As a pupa underground

Flight Period

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