Species Details

ABH: 70.207

BF: 1887

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Lomaspilis marginata

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Clouded Border

Account: Common in woodland, marshes, river-banks and heathland throughout the British Isles. Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Aspen, Poplar, Sallow, Willow and Hazel, 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: 24 — 28 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 23 Apr (2011) — 5 Sep (2014)

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

Foodplant: Corylus sp., Populus sp. (a poplar), 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/lomaspilis-marginata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1174

Individuals: 2173

Earliest Year: 1885

Latest Year: 2025

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