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A Selection of Geometridae Moths 70.100 - 70.133

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(Knoch 1781) (Knoch 1781) (Haworth 1809) (Haworth 1809) (Scharfenberg 1805)
Geometridae - Sterrhinae Geometridae - Sterrhinae Geometridae - Sterrhinae Geometridae - Sterrhinae Geometridae - Sterrhinae
Green Carpet - Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet - Colostygia pectinataria Mottled Grey - Colostygia multistrigaria Mottled Grey - Colostygia multistrigaria Northern Winter Moth - Operohtera fagata
70.100    BF 1776 70.100    BF 1776 70.101    BF 1775 70.101    BF 1775 70.105    BF 1800

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 25mm to 29mm.

Flight Period: May into July, again in August and September.

Habitat: This species is found in a variety of habitat types where its bedstraws and Cleavers grow.

Comment: This moth is a fairly common, and is well distributed over the UK. The green wings soon fades after emergence .

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 26mm to 31mm.

Flight Period: March and April.

Habitat: Found on heaths, downs, moors, commons, woods and in gardens where bedstraws grow.

Comment: This moth is well distributed, and common over most of UK. In Northern Ireland it is very local and scarce.

(Linnaeus 1758) (Linnaeus 1758) (Linnaeus 1758) (Linnaeus 1758) (Scharfenberg 1805)
Geometridae - Sterrhinae Geometridae - Sterrhinae Geometridae - Sterrhinae Geometridae - Sterrhinae Geometridae - Sterrhinae
Winter Moth - Operophttera brumata Winter Moth - Operophttera brumata Winter Moth - Operophttera brumata Winter Moth - Operophttera brumata Northern Winter Moth - Operohtera fagata
70.106    BF 1799 70.106    BF 1799 70.106    BF 1799 70.106    BF 1799 70.105    BF 1800

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 28mm to 33mm.

Flight Period: November to January.

Habitat: Found in woods, moors, heaths, orchards,  commons, gardens and places with tree's.

Comment: This moth is common and well spread over the UK. At times the larvae defoliate groups of tree's.

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 32mm to 40mm.

Flight Period: October until December.

Habitat: This moth is found in orchards, woods, moors, heaths, commons, hedgerows, gardens and bushy places with tree's.

Comment: This moth is common and widely distributed over England. In Wales and Scotland it is scarcer and more local. Irish records are in doubt.

(Denis & Schiffermuller 1775) (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775) (Linnaeus 1758) (Linnaeus 1758)  
Geometridae - Sterrhinae Geometridae - Sterrhinae Geometridae - Sterrhinae Geometridae - Sterrhinae  
November Moth - Epirrita dilutata November Moth - Epirrita dilutata Scallop Shell - Rheumaptera undulata Scallop Shell - Rheumaptera undulata  
70.107    BF 1795x 70.107    BF 1795x 70.121    BF 1789 70.121    BF 1789  

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 38mm to 44mm.

Flight Period: October and November.

Habitat: Found in bushy places with tree's and shrubs, including gardens, hedgerows, waste ground, parks, heath land, wood land, disused railway lines, motorway embankments.

Comment: This moth is fairly common, and well distributed throughout the greater part of the UK.

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 32mm to 40mm.

Flight Period: June and July.

Habitat: Found in woods, marshy places and occasionally in gardens where Sallow and Aspen grow.

Comment: This moth is widespread, but localised in England, Wales, Ireland and southern Scotland.

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(Linnaeus 1758) (Linnaeus 1758) (Linnaeus 1758) (Linnaeus 1758)  
Geometridae - Sterrhinae Geometridae - Sterrhinae Geometridae - Sterrhinae Geometridae - Sterrhinae  
Chimney Sweeper - Odezia atrata Chimney Sweeper - Odezia atrata Small Rivulet - Perizoma alchemillata Small Rivulet - Perizoma alchemillata  
70.130    BF 1870 70.130    BF 1870 70.133    BF 1803 70.133    BF 1803  

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 27mm to 30mm.

Flight Period: June and July.

Habitat: They inhabit chalk downs, limestone hill sides and damp grassy flower meadows with Pignut.

Comment: This moth is very localised in southern England, and East Anglia. They are more widespread, but still localised through out the rest of the UK mainland.

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 22mm to 24mm.

Flight Period: June and July.

Habitat:  Found on waste ground, woods, commons, marshes, downs, allotments and gardens with Hemp Nettle.

Comment:  This moth is a reasonably common resident, and is widely distributed through out the British Isles.

Species 70.137 to 70.157

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