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Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Xanthorhoe fluctuata
  • Cambridge, 24 Aug 2002.
  • Subfamily: Larentiinae. BF: 1728
  • Larvae feed on various Cruciferae.
  • Adults frequently seen in seen by daylight, resting in shady places and often head down as here.
  • Does that white colouration resemble a moth the other way round and distract bird strikes away from the real head?

Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Camptogramma bilineata
  • Cambridge, 13 Jul 2002.
  • Subfamily: Larentiinae. BF: 1742
  • Colour varies from bright yellow to brown
  • Larvae feed on chickweed (Stellaria media), sorrel (Rumex) and other plants.

Winter Moth Operophtera brumata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Operophtera brumata
  • Cambridge, 21 Dec 2002.
  • Subfamily: Larentiinae. BF: 1799
  • Female is flightless with only the slightest of vestigial wings
  • This is a rather dark form; paler ones do not show the Y bands
  • Larvae feed on vaious deciduous trees; can be a pest on apples

Brindled Pug Eupithecia abbreviata Stephens, 1831

Eupithecia abbreviata
  • Cambridge, 14 Apr 2002.
  • Subfamily: Larentiinae. BF: 1852
  • Larvae feed on oak and hawthorn.

Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Peribatodes rhomboidaria
  • Cambridge, 10 Jul 2002.
  • Subfamily: Ennominae. BF: 1937
  • Colouring varies from brownish as here through grey to almost black.
  • Larvae feed on various shrubs such as hawthorn and ivy.

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