Photo © David G Green

Speckled Beauty

Fagivorina arenaria

Checklist Number
70.269 [B&F: 1946]

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:Fagivorina
Species:arenaria
Authority:(Hufnagel, 1767)

Extinct in the British Isles, formerly in ancient oak woodland in Hampshire. During the 19th Century, this species occurred rarely in the New Forest and hardly anywhere else in the country. It was last seen in numbers in 1872, and the very last record was in 1898. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 35-39 mm. Larva feeds on lichens growing on Pedunculate Oak and Beech, no evidence of breeding in the UK.

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.

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
NF (SU30)1898-AnonAdult
Chandlers Ford (SU42)02/07/1951fourBarry GoaterAdult