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Pale Eggar

Trichiura crataegi

Checklist Number
66.002 [B&F: 1632]

Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)

Classification

Family:Lasiocampidae
Subfamily:Poecilicampinae
Genus:Trichiura
Species:crataegi
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1758)

Local and declining in open woodland, hedgerows, heathland, moorland, scrub and gardens throughout much of the British Isles, a species of conservation concern under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight has largely recovered from a decline in population evident in the 1990s. Wingspan 33-40 mm. Flight-time and coloration are diagnostic. Larva feeds on Blackthorn, Hawthorn, Silver Birch, Downy Birch, Heather and Bilberry, over-wintering as an egg.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)