Species Details

ABH: 70.076

BF: 1779

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Hydriomena ruberata

Authority: (Freyer, [1831])

Vernacular: Ruddy Highflyer

Account: Local on moorland, heathland, bogs and damp woodland, in Scotland, Wales and northern England, rarely in southern England The most likely confusion species are July Highflyer H. furcata and May Highflyer H. impluviata, which see for differences. Larva feeds on Eared Willow and Grey Willow, 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: 32 — 37 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 5 May (1912) — 5 May (1912)

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

Foodplant: Salix aurita (Eared Willow), Salix sp. (a sallow).

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

No distribution map – Sensitive species!

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/hydriomena-ruberata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1912

Latest Year: 1912

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