Species Details

ABH: 70.067

BF: 1747

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Anticlea derivata

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Streamer

Account: Common in open woodland, hedgerows, gardens and scrub throughout the British Isles. The deeply projecting outer cross-band separates Streamer from all similar species. Larva feeds on Dog Rose and other species of wild rose, 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: 30 — 34 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 19 Mar (2002) — 25 May (1986)

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

Foodplant: Rosa canina (Dog-rose).

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/anticlea-derivata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 360

Individuals: 173

Earliest Year: 1914

Latest Year: 2025

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