Species Details

ABH: 70.270

BF: 1948

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Ectropis crepuscularia

=Ectropis bistortata

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Engrailed

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 15 Feb (1948) — 20 Oct (1956)

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

Foodplant: Betula pendula (Silver Birch), Larix decidua (European Larch), Larix sp. (a larch), Polyphagous.

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/ectropis-crepuscularia/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1050

Individuals: 2009

Earliest Year: 1895

Latest Year: 2025

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