Species Details

ABH: 70.292

BF: 1969

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Dyscia fagaria

Authority: (Thunberg, 1784)

Vernacular: Grey Scalloped Bar

Account: Local on heathland, moorland, bogs and mosses throughout much of the British Isles Larva feeds on Heather, Bell Heather and Cross-leaved Heath.

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 — 40 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 May (1957) — 21 Jun (1962)

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

Foodplant: Calluna sp., Erica sp.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Near Threatened (NT)

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/dyscia-fagaria/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 47

Individuals: 52

Earliest Year: 1864

Latest Year: 1986

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