Species Details

ABH: 70.021

BF: 1687

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Sterrhinae

Taxon: Scopula ornata

Authority: (Scopoli, 1763)

Vernacular: Lace Border

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) in calcareous grassland and downland, in scattered locations in southern England Fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on Wild Thyme and Wild Marjoram.

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: 23 — 26 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 16 May (1990) — 6 Sep (2006)

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

Foodplant: Origanum vulgare (Wild Marjoram), Thymus praecox.

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/scopula-ornata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 270

Individuals: 260

Earliest Year: 1879

Latest Year: 2024

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