Species Details

ABH: 70.214

BF: 1893

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Macaria liturata

Authority: (Clerck, 1759)

Vernacular: Tawny-barred Angle

Account: Common in coniferous woodland, plantations and gardens throughout the British Isles. Worn specimens could be misidentified as Dusky Peacock M. signaria, an extremely rare immigrant, which see. Larva feeds on various coniferous trees, including Scots Pine and Norway Spruce, 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: 28 — 34 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 Apr (2011) — 20 Sep (2003)

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

Foodplant:

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/macaria-liturata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 804

Individuals: 678

Earliest Year: 1886

Latest Year: 2025

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