Species Details

ABH: 70.223

BF: 1903

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Plagodis pulveraria

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Barred Umber

Account: Local in ancient broad-leaved woodland and on limestone pavements throughout much of the British Isles Fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on Hazel, Downy Birch, Silver Birch, Sallow and Hawthorn, 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: 32 — 38 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 4 May (1978) — 14 Jul (1994)

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

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch), Corylus sp., Crataegus sp., Salix sp. (a sallow).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/plagodis-pulveraria/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 84

Individuals: 55

Earliest Year: 1864

Latest Year: 2014

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