70.121 BF1789 – Scallop Shell – Geometridae – Hydria undulata
Scallop Shell – Geometridae – Larentiinae – Hydria undulata – colour code •
STATUS – Last recorded June 2023 – A resident but locally distributed and scarce in the county. First recorded in 1895, then no more records until the 1970’s. A scattering of records since then. Only one record from the south of the county in June 2017, otherwise the rest have come from NW Derbyshire.
ID POINTERS – A beautiful and diagnostic looking geometrid moth that cannot be confused with anything else.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing between June – July.
IMAGES – Findern, Derbyshire – Image by Brian Hallam© – 9th June 2017
Scallop Shell
