Species Details

ABH: 70.142

BF: 1858

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Chloroclystis v-ata

Authority: (Haworth, 1809)

Vernacular: V-Pug

Account: Common in parks, gardens, hedgerows, scrub and woodland throughout the British Isles Unmistakable, but green may fade to yellow. Larva feeds on flowers of many different plants, including Dog-rose, Hawthorn, Hemp-agrimony, Clematis, Hawthorn, Bramble, Elder, Wild Angelica, Mugwort and Goldenrod, 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: 14 — 19 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 8 Apr (1966) — 10 Sep (1958)

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

Foodplant: Angelica sp., Clematis sp., Rubus sp., Sambucus sp.

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/chloroclystis-v-ata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 447

Individuals: 104

Earliest Year: 1914

Latest Year: 2022

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