Species Details

ABH: 70.224

BF: 1904

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Plagodis dolabraria

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1767)

Vernacular: Scorched Wing

Account: Local in broad-leaved woodland, scrub, parks and gardens throughout the British Isles; widespread and common in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 34-38 mm. Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Oak, and a number of other deciduous trees, including Downy and Silver Birch, Sallow and Beech, 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: 34 — 38 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 May (2025) — 19 Jul (1996)

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

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch), Castanea sp., Fagus sp., Quercus sp. (an oak), Salix sp. (a sallow).

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/plagodis-dolabraria/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 647

Individuals: 346

Earliest Year: 1842

Latest Year: 2025

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