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Orange Moth
Angerona prunaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geometridae: Ennominae
1924 / 70.230

Similar Herts & Middlesex Species: None
Forewing: 20-30mm.
Flight: One generation June-July.
Foodplant:   Broadleaved woody plants. Hawthorn, Blackthorn etc.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1

General comments:
Status uncertain. Vagrant or extremely local resident.

The eight historic map dots (66% of all records) represent records made, broadly, over a hundred years ago and suggest that this moth was once resident in at least the south of Hertfordshire. It is quite absent in 2022. The 4 current map dots (34%), all date from 2002 onwards and represent areas where the moth was not previously found. Whether these are merely vagrants, or representatives of a small, undiscovered resident population is unclear.

Recorded in 12 (29%) of 41 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1887.
Last Recorded in 2013.

Latest Records
Date#VC10k - General Area
23/08/2013120TL00 - Hemel Hempstead
22/07/2013120TL42 - Bishop's Stortford (N)
19/06/2012120TL31 - Hertford
16/06/2012120TL00 - Hemel Hempstead
04/07/2004121TQ18 - Harrow / Wembley / Ealing
06/07/2003120TL42 - Bishop's Stortford (N)
01/07/1993120TL42 - Bishop's Stortford (N)
1940+20SP90 - Berkhamsted
1940+21TQ08 - Uxbridge
1937120SP91 - Tring
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