Pale Eggar (Trichiura crataegi) - iMoths - West Midlands Moths Mobile


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Pale Eggar
Trichiura crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lasiocampidae : Poecilocampinae

1632 / 66.002

Photo © Peter Hall, Lochinver, Sutherland September 2021

Similar West Midlands Species: None

Forewing:	14-17mm
Flight:	August - September
Foodplant:	Birches, Blackthorn, Hawthorn
Red List:	Vulnerable (VU)
GB status:	Common
Verification Grade: Adult: 1

Scarce to common throughout the region.

Found in woodland, hedgerows, heathland.

Overwinters as an egg.

Recorded in 81 (58%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1800.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date	#	VC	10k Area
19/09/2022	1	37	SO72 - Poolhill
09/09/2022	1	37	SP06 - Redditch
07/09/2022	1	37	SO97 - Dodford/Lickey
06/09/2022	1	37	SO97 - Dodford/Lickey
05/09/2022	1	36	SO74 - Colwall & Malvern Hills AONB

Further info: Trichiura crataegi

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