Species Details

ABH: 70.288

BF: 1945

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Cleorodes lichenaria

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1767)

Vernacular: Brussels Lace

Account: Local in scrub, woodland, plantations and rocky areas by the sea, in south-west England, west Wales and the west coast of Scotland, also in a few places in central and southern England Fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on various lichens.

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: 31 — 38 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 23 May (1948) — 30 Jul (1997)

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

Foodplant: Lichenes.

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/cleorodes-lichenaria/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 9

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1868

Latest Year: 2025

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