Species Details

ABH: 70.273

BF: 1950

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Parectropis similaria

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1767)

Vernacular: Brindled White-spot

Account: Local in broad-leaved woodland, favouring ancient woodland in rural areas, occasionally in gardens throughout much of southern England and Wales Fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on Pedunculate Oak, Hazel, Hawthorn and Birch, 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: 33 — 39 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 May (1997) — 16 Jul (1977)

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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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/parectropis-similaria/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 333

Individuals: 377

Earliest Year: 1901

Latest Year: 2023

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