Species Details

ABH: 70.206

BF: 1885

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Abraxas sylvata

Authority: (Scopoli, 1763)

Vernacular: Clouded Magpie

Account: Local in woodland, in England, Wales and Ireland, but sparsely distributed Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Wych Elm and English Elm, over-wintering as a pupa.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 38 — 44 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 18 Jun (1957) — 3 Aug (1982)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Ulmus glabra (Wych Elm), Ulmus sp. (an elm).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/abraxas-sylvata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 16

Individuals: 16

Earliest Year: 1905

Latest Year: 1996

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