Species Details

ABH: 66.012

BF: 1642

Family: Lasiocampidae

Subfamily: Pinarinae

Taxon: Gastropacha quercifolia

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Lappet

Account: Common in hedgerows, scrub, downland, open woodland and gardens throughout southern England and south Wales, north to Cumbria. One of the most remarkably camouflaged of all British moths. Larva feeds on Blackthorn and Hawthorn, and less frequently on Apple, Buckthorn and Alder Buckthorn.

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: 56 — 98 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 Jun (1989) — 4 Aug (1954)

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

Foodplant: Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn).

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

Status: Endangered (EN)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/gastropacha-quercifolia/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 87

Individuals: 29

Earliest Year: 1896

Latest Year: 2006

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