Family: Geometridae
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1775 Mottled Grey Colostygia multistrigaria Wingspan 26-31mm
2
© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, well distributed throughout Britain
Habitat: Heathland, moorland, woodland rides and clearings

Laval Food Plant:

 Lady's Bedstraw, Heath Bedstraw, Cleavers
Overwinters: As a pupa

Flight Period

1776 Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria Wingspan 22-27mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, well distributed throughout Britain
Habitat: Most habitats, gardens, hedgerows, fens, moorland

Laval Food Plant:

 Hedge Bedstraw. Heath Bedstraw, Cleavers
Overwinters: As a larva, pupates in a cocoon in loose earth

Flight Period

1777 July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata Wingspan 23-30mm
1

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, well distributed through most Britain
Habitat: Most habitats, gardens, hedgerows, fens, moorland

Laval Food Plant:

 Hazel, Sallows, Bilberry, Heathers
Overwinters: As an egg on the food plant. Pupates near or below ground

Flight Period

1778 May Highflyer Hydriomena impluviata Wingspan 30-34mm
2

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, well distributed through most Britain
Habitat: Damp woodland carr and banks of water courses

Laval Food Plant:

 Alder
Overwinters: As a pupa under loose bark on the food plant. Lava hides by day between leaves spun together

Flight Period

1781 Small Waved Umber Horisme vitalbata Wingspan 30-35mm
1

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, distributed mainly South East England and South Wales
Habitat: Open scrub, hedgerows on calcerous soils

Laval Food Plant:

 Travellers Joy
Overwinters: As a pupa in plant debris

Flight Period

1782 The Fern Horisme tersata Wingspan 31-36mm
0

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, well distributed in Southern England and South Wales
Habitat: Open woodland, hedgerows, scrub

Laval Food Plant:

 Travellers Joy
Overwinters: As a pupa on or below ground

Flight Period

1784 Pretty Chalk Carpet Melanthia procellata Wingspan 27-32mm
0

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, well distributed in Southern England and South Wales
Habitat: Scrub, hedgerows, gardens on calcerous soil

Laval Food Plant:

 Travellers Joy
Overwinters: As a pupa in plant debris or underground

Flight Period

1789 Scallop Shell Rheumaptera undulata Wingspan 25-30mm
0

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, local. Widespread but thinly distributed throughout England and Southern Scotland
Habitat: Damp woodland, Sallow scrub and carr

Laval Food Plant:

 Sallows, Aspen, bilberry
Overwinters: As a pupa in a cocoon in loose earth

Flight Period

1790 The Tissue Triphosa dubitata Wingspan 38-48mm
1

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, local, low density
Habitat: Woodland scrub, hedgerows

Laval Food Plant:

 Buckthorn, Alder Buckthorn
Overwinters: As an adult in caves, outhouses, disused buildings
This photo is of our first tissue, recorded 2004 and the first for Norfolk

Flight Period

1792 Dark Umber Philereme transversata Wingspan 29-37mm
1

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, well distributed in Southern England and South Wales
Habitat: Woodland scrub, hedgerows

Laval Food Plant:

 Buckthorn, Alder Buckthorn
Overwinters: As an egg. Pupates between leaves

Flight Period

1795 November Moth Epirrita dilutata Wingspan 38-44mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, abundant throughout Britain
Habitat: Broadleaf woodland, scrub, hedges, gardens

Laval Food Plant:

 Broadleaf trees and shrubs
Overwinters: As an egg on a twig or bark, pupates underground

Flight Period

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