Species Details

ABH: 70.276

BF: 1954

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Bupalus piniaria

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Bordered White

Account: Common in coniferous woodland and plantations throughout much of the British Isles Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Scots Pine, Corsican Pine, Norway Spruce and European Larch, causing sufficient damage to be a serious pest in some areas, 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: 34 — 40 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 7 May (2000) — 29 Jul (1982)

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

Foodplant: Larix decidua (European Larch), Larix kaempferi (Japanese Larch), Pinaceae., Pinus contorta (Lodgepole Pine), Pinus nigra (Austrian Pine / Corsican Pine), Pinus pinaster (Maritime Pine), Pinus ponderosa (Western Yellow-pine), Pinus radiata (Monterey Pine), Pinus strobus (Weymouth Pine), Pinus sylvestris (Scots Pine), Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas Fir).

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/bupalus-piniaria/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 389

Individuals: 175

Earliest Year: 1842

Latest Year: 2020

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