Species Details

ABH: 70.085

BF: 1765

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Cidaria fulvata

Authority: (Forster, 1771)

Vernacular: Barred Yellow

Account: Common in broad-leaved woodland, calcareous grassland, hedgerows and gardens throughout the British Isles Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Dog-rose and Burnet Rose, as well as Cultivated Rose, over-wintering as an egg.

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: 25 — 30 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 22 May (2011) — 30 Jul (1975)

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:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/cidaria-fulvata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 398

Individuals: 177

Earliest Year: 1899

Latest Year: 2025

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