Species Details

ABH: 70.108

BF: 1796

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Epirrita christyi

Authority: (Allen, 1906)

Vernacular: Pale November Moth

Account: Common in mature beech woodland throughout much of England and southern Scotland, but problems in identifying individuals to specific status mean that all Epirrita species are under-recorded One of four very similar species of Epirrita found in the UK, which are generally separable only by dissection of the genitalia. Larva feeds on various broad-leaved trees and shrubs, including Beech, Elm, Birch, Alder, Hazel, Sallow and Hawthorn, 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: 38 — 42 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 3 Oct (1954) — 10 Nov (2021)

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

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch), Corylus sp., Crataegus sp., Ulmus sp. (an elm).

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: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/epirrita-christyi/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 20

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 1954

Latest Year: 2021

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