Diet Overlap

Operophtera fagata (Northern Winter Moth)
Biston betularia (peppered moth)

Common Diet

Alnus glutinosa (European alder)
Betula pendula (European white birch)
Fagus sylvatica (European beech)
Prunus domestica (plum)
Pyraria irregularis (Common apple)

Common Habitat

Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands
Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes
Fenn`s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses
Morecambe Bay
Morecambe Bay Pavements
Naddle Forest
Roudsea Wood and Mosses
South Pennine Moors
South Solway Mosses
Sunart
The New Forest
Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández