70.246 BF1925 – Small Brindled Beauty – Geometridae – Apocheima hispidaria

 

Small Brindled Beauty Geometridae – Ennominae – Apocheima hispidaria – colour code

STATUSLast recorded 2010. The first record for over 100 years in Derbyshire was trapped at Midway, in the south of the county, on 18th March 2010. Status remains uncertain in the county and is likely to be no longer present.
 
ID POINTERS – Smaller than its relative (Brindled Beauty). A rather narrow and tapering forewing, with chequered fringes and a pale panel along the trailing edge to the forewing. Usually two dark brown wavy cross- lines are noticeable with the outer being somewhat jagged. Some specimens can be entirely dark. The female is wingless. A woodland species
 
FLIGHT PERIOD –  On the wing February – March
 
IMAGES – Midway, Derbyshire – 1st record for over 100 years in the county 
 
 Small Brindled Beauty
 
 
 
 
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