Species Details

ABH: 70.090

BF: 1755

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eulithis testata

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1761)

Vernacular: Chevron

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: 3 Jul (1989) — 10 Sep (2001)

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

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch), Populus tremula (Aspen), 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/eulithis-testata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 169

Individuals: 88

Earliest Year: 1883

Latest Year: 2024

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