Species Details

ABH: 70.251

BF: 1930

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Biston strataria

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1767)

Vernacular: Oak Beauty

Account: Common in oak woodland, gardens, and areas with scattered trees throughout England and southern Scotland. Larva feeds on various broad-leaved trees and shrubs, including Oak, Hazel, Aspen, Alder and Elm.

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: 51 — 56 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 8 Jan (2019) — 1 May (1994)

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

Foodplant: Polyphagous.

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/biston-strataria/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 844

Individuals: 832

Earliest Year: 1903

Latest Year: 2025

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