Species Details

ABH: 70.087

BF: 1752

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Cosmorhoe ocellata

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Purple Bar

Account: Common in hedgerows, scrub, woodland, calcareous grassland, heathland, sand-dunes and gardens throughout the British Isles. Larva feeds on Heath and Hedge Bedstraw, over-wintering in a cocoon.

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: 28 — 30 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 Apr (2022) — 18 Sep (2014)

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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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/cosmorhoe-ocellata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 533

Individuals: 197

Earliest Year: 1893

Latest Year: 2025

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