Photo © Mike Wall
Frosted Yellow
Isturgia limbaria
Checklist Number70.220 [B&F: 1899]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Ennominae |
| Genus: | Isturgia |
| Species: | limbaria |
| Authority: | (Fabricius, 1775) |
Extinct in the British Isles, formerly in dry open areas and on embankments in south-east England, where last recorded in Essex in 1914, previously not uncommon near Stowmarket in Suffolk and elsewhere in East Anglia, also known from northern-central Scotland. Wingspan 26-30 mm. Day-flying. Larva fed on Broom and over-wintered as a pupa.
