Species Details

ABH: 70.229

BF: 1909

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Pseudopanthera macularia

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Speckled Yellow

Account: Common in open woodland, scrubland and grassland throughout the British Isles An unmistakable day-flying moth. Larva feeds on Wood Sage, 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: 28 — 30 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 29 Apr (1999) — 28 Jun (2016)

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

Foodplant: Lamium galeobdolon, Lamium sp., Stachys sp., Teucrium scorodonia (Wood Sage).

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/pseudopanthera-macularia/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 351

Individuals: 451

Earliest Year: 1901

Latest Year: 2024

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