Species Details

ABH: 70.041

BF: 1734

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Scotopteryx luridata

=Scotopteryx luridata plumbaria

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1767)

Vernacular: July Belle

Account: Common on heathland, moorland, downland, scrubland, open woodland and shingle beaches throughout much of the British Isles Very similar to Lead Belle S. mucronata, which see for differences. Larva feeds on Dyer's Greenweed, Gorse and Petty Whin.

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: 24 May (1933) — 19 Aug (1953)

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

Foodplant: Genista anglica (Petty whin), Ulex sp.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/scotopteryx-luridata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 59

Individuals: 16

Earliest Year: 1893

Latest Year: 1989

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