Photo © Keith Tailby

Ruddy Highflier

Hydriomena ruberata

Checklist Number
70.076 [B&F: 1779]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Geometridae
Subfamily:Larentiinae
Genus:Hydriomena
Species:ruberata
Authority:(Freyer, [1831])

Local on moorland, heathland, bogs and damp woodland, in Scotland, Wales and northern England, rarely in southern England. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight recorded from all three vice-counties, but there are very few genuine records, and these are mostly from the New Forest. Wingspan 32-37 mm. The most likely confusion species are July Highflyer H. furcata and May Highflyer H. impluviata, which see for differences. Larva feeds on Eared Willow and Grey Willow, over-wintering as a pupa.

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)

No Larval records to show.

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Appleford (SZ58)01/08/1933-S WakelyLarval
Appleford (SZ58)01/08/1934-S WakelyLarval
Freshwater (SZ38)01/05/1986-Sam Knill-JonesAdult
Chale Green (SZ47)24/05/1992oneSimon ColenuttAdult
Freshwater (SZ38)01/06/1992oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Chale Green (SZ47)25/05/1994oneSimon ColenuttAdult
Totland (SZ38)26/05/2003oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Totland (SZ38)26/07/2010oneSam Knill-JonesAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Gritnam Wood (SSSI) (SU20)1976-BRC files-
Lyndhurst (SU20)1976oneRothamsted Insect SurveyAdult
Gritnam Wood (SSSI) (SU20)1976-Anon-
Ashurst, NF (SU31)1978-Anon-
Ashurst, NF (SU31)1978-BRC files-
Ashurst, NF (SU31)1978twoJ C A CraikAdult
Highcliffe (SZ29)1980oneE H WildAdult
Long Beech Inclosure (SU21)1982-J WellsAdult
Sandleheath (SU11)1992-Norman Hutchinson-
Churchplace Inclosure, Ashurst (SU30)01/06/1993-Anon-
Fordingbridge (SU11)01/07/1993-Norman HutchinsonAdult
Shave Wood (SU21)26/07/1993-DW Poole-
Lower Test Marshes NR (SU31)2001oneSimon KingAdult
Lower Test Marshes NR (SU31)13/06/2001oneSimon KingAdult