Family:
Thyatiridae
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| 1652 |
Peach
Blossom |
Thyatira
batis |
Wingspan
32-38mm |
5 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Light
woodland, scrub and bramble |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Bramble |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon on the soil surface |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1653 |
Buff
Arches |
Habrosyne
pyritoides |
Wingspan
35-40mm |
26 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common in England north to Cumbria. Very rare Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Open
woodland, young plantations and bramble |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Bramble
and Dewberry |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a loose cocoon underground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1654 |
Figure
of Eighty |
Tethea
ocularis |
Wingspan
32-38mm |
39 |
© Peter
Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident
and possible immigrant, common throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Braodleaf
woodland, garden and parkland |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Aspen
and other Poplars |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon formed between leaves of food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1659 |
Yellow
Horned |
Achlya
flavicornis |
Wingspan
35-40mm |
1 |
© Peter
Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
generally distributed & fairly common in Britain |
| Habitat: |
Birch
scrub woodland & heaths |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Birch |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a thin cocoon formed on the ground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1660 |
Frosted
Green |
Polyploca
ridens |
Wingspan
30-35mm |
13 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
local in southern half of England |
| Habitat: |
Broadleaf
woodland with mature trees |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Pendunculate
and Sessile Oak |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon formed under Moss at the base of a tree |
|
| Flight
Period |
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