54.003 BF0164 – Cistus Forester – Zygaenidae – Adscita geryon
Cistus Forester – Zygaenidae – Procridinae – Adscita geryon – colour code •
STATUS – A nationally scarce species but is local too fairly common on breeding areas in the Limestone Dales of Derbyshire, where the food plant, Rock Rose exists. It is rare away from these ares, especially from the extreme north and northwest of the county. Normally recorded in ones or twos, never in numbers.
ID POINTERS – There are two species of British Forester moth found in Derbyshire. The Cistus Forester is the smaller of the two therefore more easy to identify. The upper wing is a bright emerald green,
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing June – July.
IMAGES – Image provided by Bryan Barnacle©
Cistus Forester
