Species Details

ABH: 70.118

BF: 1791

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Philereme vetulata

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Brown Scallop

Account: Local in woodland, scrub, hedgerows and fens in southern England and south Wales, north to Cumbria. A nondescript, rather plain, light brown moth, with numerous faint, dentate cross-lines; outer edge of forewing and, especially, hindwing scalloped. Larva feeds on Buckthorn, over-wintering as an egg.

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: 26 — 32 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 10 Jun (2007) — 1 Aug (1977)

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

Foodplant: Rhamnus cathartica (Buckthorn).

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/philereme-vetulata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 189

Individuals: 44

Earliest Year: 1904

Latest Year: 2025

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