Species Details

ABH: 70.227

BF: 1907

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Epione repandaria

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1767)

Vernacular: Bordered Beauty

Account: Common in damp woodland rides and clearings, scrub, hedgerows and gardens throughout the British Isles The main confusion species is Dark Bordered Beauty E. vespertaria, which differs chiefly in the distal edge of the subterminal fascia, which is parallel with the dorsum in E. vespertaria, but which meets the apex in E. repandaria. Larva feeds on Sallow, Black Poplar, Alder and Hazel, over-wintering as an egg.

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 — 31 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 7 Jun (1982) — 11 Oct (1954)

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

Foodplant: Salix sp. (a sallow).

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/epione-repandaria/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 203

Individuals: 90

Earliest Year: 1902

Latest Year: 2025

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