Species Details

ABH: 70.247

BF: 1926

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Phigalia pilosaria

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Pale Brindled Beauty

Account: Common in broad-leaved woodland, gardens, and areas with scattered trees throughout the British Isles, female wingless. Males somewhat similar to Brindled Beauty Lycia hirtaria, but smaller and paler, and lacking the thick, black cross-lines of Brindled Beauty. Larva feeds on various broad-leaved trees and shrubs, including Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Downy and Silver Birch, Alder, Hazel, Goat Willow, Alder Buckthorn, Buckthorn and Lime.

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: male 45 — 50 mm; female wingless

Surrey Flight Period: —

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: Vulnerable (VU)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/phigalia-pilosaria/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 723

Individuals: 2047

Earliest Year: 1882

Latest Year: 2025

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