Species Details

ABH: 70.120

BF: 1787

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Rheumaptera hastata

=Rheumaptera hastata hastata

=Rheumaptera hastata nigrescens

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Argent & Sable

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 13 May (1933) — 26 Jun (1976)

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

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch), Myrica gale (Bog-myrtle).

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP: BAP

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/rheumaptera-hastata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 36

Individuals: 23

Earliest Year: 1923

Latest Year: 1996

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