Family:
Geometridae
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| 1728
|
Garden
Carpet |
Xanthorhoe
fluctuata |
Wingspan
18-25mm |
396 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Gardens,
allotments, rough ground, urban areas |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Herbaceous
plants, Cabbage family, Nasturium |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa underground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1732
|
Shaded
Broad-bar |
Scotopteryx
chenpodiata |
Wingspan
25-30mm |
95 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Wide
range of grassy places, coastal sand dunes |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Clovers,
Vetch |
| Overwinters: |
As
a larva, pupates in plant debris |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1734
|
July
Belle |
Scotopteryx
luridata |
Wingspan
32-38mm |
1
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, local distribution throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
A
range of open scrub, heathland, moorland, shingle beaches |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Dyer's
Greenweed, Gorse, Petty Whin |
| Overwinters: |
As
a larva, pupates in plant debris |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1736
|
Royal
Mantle |
Catarhoe
cuculata |
Wingspan
22-27mm |
0
|
Photo © Ian
Kimber
|
| Status: |
Resident,
local in small numbers on sites with calcerous soil |
| Habitat: |
Grassland,
chalk downland, limestone quarries, Breckland |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Lady's
Bedstraw, Hedge, Bedstraw, mainly on flowers |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa on soil surface below plant debris |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1738
|
Common
Carpet |
Epirrhoe
alternata |
Wingspan20-25mm
|
215 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Hedgerows,
woodlands,calcerous grassland, moors, fens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Cleavers,
Bedstraws |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon on the ground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1739
|
Wood
Carpet |
Epirrhoe
rivata |
Wingspan
28-34mm |
8
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
local distribution throughout England and Wales |
| Habitat: |
Woodland
rides, small copses, hedgerows, mature sand dunes |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Hedge
and Lady's Bedstraw |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon on or just below the ground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1741
|
Many
Lined |
Costaconvexa
polygrammata |
Wingspan
26mm |
1
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
RARE
immigrant. Former breeder but now extinct. This moth photographed
in my garden. Only a 2nd record for Norfolk |
| Habitat: |
Fens
and wet meadows |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Bedstraws |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa. This moth breeds in most countries in Europe |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1742
|
Yellow
Shell |
Camptogramma
bilineata |
Wingspan
20-25mm |
21 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Hedgerows,
gardens, fields, meadows, fens, coastal habitats |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Cleavers,
Bedstraws, Docks, Sorrels |
| Overwinters: |
As
a larva on the foodplant, pupates in loose earth |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1745
|
The
Mallow |
Larentia
clavaria |
Wingspan
36-40mm |
172 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed south and south-east, local further
north |
| Habitat: |
Roadside
verges, marshy places, gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Common
Mallow, Marsh and Tree Mallows, Hollyhock |
| Overwinters: |
As
an egg. Pupates underground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1746
|
Shoulder-stripe
|
Anticlea
badiata |
Wingspan
25-30mm |
19 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, frequent throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
hedgerows, gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Dog
Rose and other Wild Rose species |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon in loose earth |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
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