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Green Silver-lines

Pseudoips prasinana

Checklist Number
74.008 [B&F: 2422]

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

Classification

Family:Nolidae
Subfamily:Chloephorinae
Genus:Pseudoips
Species:prasinana
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1758)

Common in deciduous woodland and rural gardens throughout the British Isles; reasonably common and widely distributed across Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 33-39 mm. Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Oak and Beech, but also on various other species of deciduous tree and shrub, including Birch and Hazel, 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

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Records by week (larval)