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A Selection of Geometridae Moths 70.247 - 70.254

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(Denis & Schiffermuller 1775) (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775) (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775) (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775) (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
Geometridae - Ennominae Geometridae - Ennominae Geometridae - Ennominae Geometridae - Ennominae Geometridae - Ennominae
Pale Brindled Beauty Pale Brindled Beauty Pale Brindled Beauty Pale Brindled Beauty Pale Brindled Beauty
Apocheima pilosaria Apocheima pilosaria Apocheima pilosaria Apocheima pilosaria Apocheima pilosaria
70.247  BF 1926 70.247  BF 1926 70.247  BF 1926 70.247  BF 1926 70.247  BF 1926

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 45mm to 50mm.

Flight Period: January to March.

Habitat: Habitats are many places with a variety of tree's and shrubs.

Comment: These moths are fairly common, and are widely distributed in England, and Wales. They are scarcer in Scotland, the Inner Hebrides and Ireland.

(Clerck 1759) (Clerck 1759) (Clerck 1759) (Clerck 1759) (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
Geometridae - Ennominae Geometridae - Ennominae Geometridae - Ennominae Geometridae - Ennominae Geometridae - Ennominae
Brindled Beauty Brindled Beauty Brindled Beauty Brindled Beauty Pale Brindled Beauty
Lycia hirtaria Lycia hirtaria Lycia hirtaria Lycia hirtaria Apocheima pilosaria
70.248  BF 1927 70.248  BF 1927 70.248  BF 1927 70.248  BF 1927 70.247  BF 1926
 

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 42mm to 52mm.

Flight Period: March and April.

Habitat: Found in bushy places with tree's, including parks.

Comment: This species is local and common in south England, Midlands and Wales. In the north and in Scotland it is locally scarce.

(Hufnagel 1767) (Hufnagel 1767) (Hubner 1799) (Hubner 1799) (Hubner 1799)
Geometridae - Ennominae Geometridae - Ennominae Geometridae - Ennominae Geometridae - Ennominae Geometridae - Ennominae
Oak Beauty Oak Beauty Scarce Umber Scarce Umber Scarce Umber
Biston strataria Biston strataria Agriopis auratiara Agriopis auratiara Agriopis auratiara
70.251  BF 1930 70.251  BF 1930 70.254  BF 1933 70.254  BF 1933 70.254  BF 1933

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 40mm to 50mm.

Flight Period: March and April.

Habitat:  Found in a wide range of places where there are reasonable numbers of mature tree's.

Comment: Moths are well distributed, and not uncommon in England and Wales. It tends to be less common in Scotland and Ireland.

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 40mm to 44mm.

Flight Period: October and November.

Habitat: This moth inhabit bushy places with tree's.

Comment: Common through out England and Wales, in More localised, and wide spread in Scotland. Wide spread and local in  northern Ireland, some records from County Kerry.

(Linnaeus 1758) (Linnaeus 1758) (Linnaeus 1758) (Linnaeus 1758) (Linnaeus 1758)
Geometridae - Ennominae Geometridae - Ennominae Geometridae - Ennominae Geometridae - Ennominae Geometridae - Ennominae
Peppered Moth Peppered Moth Peppered Moth Peppered Moth Peppered Moth
Biston betularia Biston betularia Biston betularia Biston betularia Biston betularia
70.252  BF 1931 70.252  BF 1931 70.252  BF 1931 70.252  BF 1931 70.252  BF 1931

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 45mm to 62mm.

Flight Period: May until August.

Habitat:  Its habitats are virtually any where there are reasonable numbers of tree's and shrubs.

Comment: Moths of this species are common and widely distributed in the British Isles, but is less common and more localised in Scotland.

(Linnaeus 1758) (Linnaeus 1758)      
Geometridae - Ennominae Geometridae - Ennominae      
Peppered Moth Peppered Moth      
Biston betularia Biston betularia      
70.252  BF 1931 70.252  BF 1931      

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Species 70.256 to 70.276

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