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Small Brindled Beauty
Apocheima hispidaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Geometridae: Ennominae
1925 / 70.246
Photo © George Fowler,  West Cheshunt, Hertfordshire (17/02/24)

Similar Herts & Middlesex Species
Pale Brindled Beauty
Phigalia pilosaria
Brindled Beauty
Lycia hirtaria
Forewing: 15-17mm.
Flight: One generation Feb-March.
Foodplant:   Pedunculate Oak and Sessile Oak.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2

General comments:
Widespread resident.

The early date of this moth and the fact that it favours woodlands rather than towns and gardens implies a degree of under-recording and it is almost certainly widespread across most of the two counties.

Recorded in 26 (63%) of 41 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1893.
Last Recorded in 2024.

Latest Records
Date#VC10k - General Area
15/03/2024120TL30 - Hoddesdon / Cheshunt
13/03/2024120TQ16 - Sunbury / Hampton Court
07/03/2024120TL30 - Hoddesdon / Cheshunt
28/02/2024121TQ09 - Watford / Rickmansworth
17/02/2024120TL30 - Hoddesdon / Cheshunt
11/03/2023820TL42 - Bishop's Stortford (N)
04/03/2023120TL30 - Hoddesdon / Cheshunt
24/02/2023120TL42 - Bishop's Stortford (N)
22/02/2023121TQ18 - Harrow / Wembley / Ealing
21/02/2023120TL31 - Hertford
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