Family: Geometridae
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1747 The Streamer Anticlea derivata Wingspan 30-34mm
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© 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

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1748 Beautiful Carpet Mesoleuca albicillata Wingspan 34-38mm
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© Peter Clarke
Status: Resident, common, fairly well distributed but in small numbers
Habitat: Open broadleaf woodland and conifer plantations

Laval Food Plant:

 Bramble, Dewberry, Raspberry, Hazel
Overwinters: As a pupa in loose earth

Flight Period

1749 Dark Spinach Pelurga comitata Wingspan 25-30mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, well distributed in East Anglia, local elsewhere
Habitat: Rough open sites, gardens, allotments

Laval Food Plant:

 Flowers and seeds of Goosefoots and Oraches
Overwinters: As a pupa underground

Flight Period

1750 Water Carpet Lampropteryx suffumata Wingspan 25-32
1

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, thinly distributed throughout Britain
Habitat: Damp woodland, scrub, fens, mature gardens

Laval Food Plant:

 Lady's, Hedge and Heath Bedstraws, Cleavers
Overwinters: As a pupa among plant debris

Flight Period

1752 Purple Bar Cosmorhoe ocellata Wingspan 20-25mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, well distributed throughout Britain
Habitat: Hedgerows, scrub, woodland, heathland, sand dunes, garden

Laval Food Plant:

 Lady's, Hedge and Heath Bedstraws, Cleavers
Overwinters: As a cocooned fully grown larva

Flight Period

1754 The Phoenix Eulithis prunata Wingspan 30-35mm
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Photo © Paul Harris
Status: Resident, common, widely distributed in small numbers throughout England and Wales
Habitat: Gardens, allotments, woodland especially along stream sides

Laval Food Plant:

 Black Currant, Red Currant, Gooseberry
Overwinters: As an egg on the food plant. Pupates between spun leaves on food plant

Flight Period

1755 The Chevron Eulithis testata Wingspan 25-35mm
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Photo © Ian Kimber
Status: Resident, common throughout Britain
Habitat: Moorland, scrubby upland grassland, lowland heath

Laval Food Plant:

 Sallows, Aspen, Creeping Willow, Heather
Overwinters: As an egg on the food plant. Pupates between spun leaves on food plant

Flight Period

1757 The Spinach Eulithis mellinata Wingspan 27-30mm
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© Peter Clarke
Status: Resident, common well distributed throughout England and Wales and Lowland Scotland
Habitat: Gardens, allotments in urban areas, woodland

Laval Food Plant:

 Black Currant, Red Currant
Overwinters: As an egg on the food plant. Pupates between spun leaves on food plant

Flight Period

1758 Barred Straw Eulithis pyraliata Wingspan 28-33mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common throughout Britain
Habitat: Hedgerows, gardens, woodland rides, scrubby grassland

Laval Food Plant:

 Cleavers, Bedstraws
Overwinters: As an egg, pupates among plant debris

Flight Period

1759 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata Wingspan 23-27mm
2

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common well distributed on mainland Britain
Habitat: Found wherever the food plant occurs, gardens, allotments

Laval Food Plant:

 Various Willowherbs
Overwinters: As a pupa among plant debris

Flight Period

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