Species Details

ABH: 70.265

BF: 1941

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Alcis repandata

=Alcis repandata muraria

=Alcis repandata repandata

=Alcis repandata sodorensium

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Mottled Beauty

Account: Common in woodland and hedgerows, moorland and heathland, calcareous grassland, parks and gardens throughout the British Isles. The main confusion species is Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria, which differs principally in the two cross-line, converging at the dorsum in Willow Beauty, but not in Mottled Beauty. Larva polyphagous on a great many woody plants, including Oak, Birch, Ash, Hawthorn, Honeysuckle and Juniper.

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: 43 — 56 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 19 May (2010) — 27 Aug (2000)

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

Foodplant: Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry).

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/alcis-repandata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1177

Individuals: 1824

Earliest Year: 1903

Latest Year: 2025

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