Species Details

ABH: 70.221

BF: 1901

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Cepphis advenaria

Authority: (Hübner, 1790)

Vernacular: Little Thorn

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in open woodland, woodland rides and scrub in southern England (Hampshire and adjoining counties) and from north Somerset up through Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire into Herefordshire, with a few isolated populations elsewhere in England and southern Ireland Small size renders this 'thorn' fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on Bramble, in neutral or basic habitats, or Bilberry in those which are acid, 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: 27 — 30 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 26 Apr (2009) — 2 Jul (1887)

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

Foodplant: Cornus sp., Rosa sp. (a Rose), Rubus sp., 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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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/cepphis-advenaria/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 118

Individuals: 112

Earliest Year: 1864

Latest Year: 2016

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