Family:
Geometridae
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| 1951
|
Grey
Birch |
Aethalura
punctulata |
Wingspan
30-35mm |
1 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, frequent in England and Wales, scarcer in Scotland
and Ireland |
| Habitat: |
Birch
woodland, Birch scrub |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Downy
and Silver Birch |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa underground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1952
|
Common
Heath |
Ematurga
atomaria |
Wingspan
22-30mm |
0
|
© Peter
Tilley
|
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Hethland,
moorland and open woodland |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Heathers,
Trefoils, Vetches |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in cocoon just below ground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1954
|
Bordered
White |
Bupalus
piniaria |
Wingspan
28-35mm |
4
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout most of Britain |
| Habitat: |
Native
pine woodland and conifer plantations |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Mature
Scots Pine and other conifers |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa among conifer needles on the ground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1955
|
Common
White Wave |
Cabera
pusaria |
Wingspan
25-28mm |
7 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout most of Britain |
| Habitat: |
Woodland
and scrub |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Birch
Alder, Sallows |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa among plant debis on the surface of the soil |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1956
|
Common
Wave |
Cabera
exanthemata |
Wingspan
30=35mm |
6 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout most of Britain |
| Habitat: |
Woodland
and carr, often on very wet sites |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Goat
Willow, Grey Willow and other Sallows. Poplars and Aspen |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa among plant debis on the surface of the soil |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1957
|
White-pinion
Spotted |
Lomographa
bimaculata |
Wingspan
22-26mm |
4
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed in S and E England, less frequent
elsewhere |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
scrub, hedgerows, gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Blackthorn,
Hawthorn |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa just below ground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1958
|
Clouded
Silver |
Lomographa
temerata |
Wingspan
22-26mm |
109 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
suspected immigrant. Common over most of Britain, local in Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
scrub, hedgerows, gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Blackthorn,
Hawthorn, Plum, Cherry, Apple |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa among plant debris on the surface of the soil |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1960
|
Early
Moth |
Theria
primaria |
Wingspan
32-37mm |
1
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common over much of England and Wales, scarcer in Scotland
and Ireland |
| Habitat: |
Open
woodland, hedgerows, scrub |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Blackthorn,
Hawthorn |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa just below the ground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1961
|
Light
Emerald |
Campaea
margaritata |
Wingspan
30-40mm |
46 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout most of Britain |
| Habitat: |
Broadleaf
woodland, scrub, hedgerows and parks |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Wide
range of broadleaf trees |
| Overwinters: |
As
a small larva on the stems of the food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1962
|
Barred
Red |
Hylaea
fasciaria |
Wingspan
27-40mm |
43 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout most of Britain |
| Habitat: |
Native
pine forests, conifer plantations, parks, gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Coniferous
trees |
| Overwinters: |
As
a small larva. Pupates among pine needles on the ground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1968 |
Yellow
Belle |
Aspitates
ochrearia |
Wingspan
28-36mm |
55 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
local on the coasts of S England and Wales |
| Habitat: |
Dry
grassland, sand dunes, shingle |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Wide
range of small plants including Sea Wormwood, Restharrow,
Wild Carrot |
| Overwinters: |
As
a larva on the food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
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