Species Details

ABH: 70.126

BF: 1781

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Horisme vitalbata

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Small Waved Umber

Account: Common in open woodland, scrub and hedgerows throughout England. Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Traveller's-joy, over-wintering as a pupa.

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: 30 — 35 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 15 Apr (2003) — 31 Aug (1984)

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

Foodplant: Clematis vitalba (Traveller's-joy).

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/horisme-vitalbata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 376

Individuals: 167

Earliest Year: 1886

Latest Year: 2024

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