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Small Brindled Beauty
Apocheima hispidaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Geometridae: Ennominae
1925 / 70.246
Photo © David Hunt,  Harpenden, Hertfordshire (21/02/23)

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 27 (66%) of 41 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1893.
Last Recorded in 2024.

Latest Records
Date#VC10k - General Area
20/04/2024+20TL23 - Letchworth / Baldock
03/04/2024+20TL22 - Stevenage
15/03/2024120TL30 - Hoddesdon / Cheshunt
13/03/2024120TQ16 - Sunbury / Hampton Court
12/03/2024120TL11 - Harpenden / Wheathampstead
07/03/2024120TL30 - Hoddesdon / Cheshunt
05/03/2024120TL22 - Stevenage
28/02/2024120TL11 - Harpenden / Wheathampstead
28/02/2024121TQ09 - Watford / Rickmansworth
17/02/2024120TL30 - Hoddesdon / Cheshunt
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