Species Details

ABH: 70.101

BF: 1775

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Colostygia multistrigaria

Authority: (Haworth, 1809)

Vernacular: Mottled Grey

Account: Widely distributed throughout the British Isles on heathland, moorland, downland and woodland margins Mottled veins are the best distinction from other nondescript spring geometers, such as Early Tooth-striped Trichopteryx carpinata. Larva feeds on Lady's Bedstraw, Heath Bedstraw and Cleavers, 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: 26 — 31 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Galium 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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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/colostygia-multistrigaria/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 75

Individuals: 50

Earliest Year: 1841

Latest Year: 2017

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