Species Details

ABH: 70.226

BF: 1906

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Opisthograptis luteolata

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Brimstone Moth

Account: Common in hedgerows, gardens, woodland, calcareous grassland and acid heathland throughout the British Isles; abundant throughout Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 33-46 mm. Unmistakable, one of the commonest and most well-recorded geometers in the country. Larva feeds on Blackthorn, Hawthorn, Midland Hawthorn, Rowan and Wayfaring-tree, over-wintering as a pupa or small larva.

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: 33 — 46 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 Jan (2021) — 15 Oct (1977)

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

Foodplant: Rosaceae.

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/opisthograptis-luteolata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2495

Individuals: 2596

Earliest Year: 1899

Latest Year: 2025

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