Diet Overlap

Biston betularia (peppered moth)
Lycia hirtaria (Brindled Beauty Moth)

Common Diet

Alnus glutinosa (European alder)
Alnus incana (gray alder)
Betula pendula (European white birch)
Betula pubescens pubescens (downy birch)
Castanea sativa (European chestnut)
Crataegus heterophylla (Common Hawthorn)
Crataegus laevigata palmstruchii (Midland Hawthorn)
Filipendula ulmaria (Meadowsweet)
Frangula alnus alnus (Glossy Buckthorn)
Prunus domestica (plum)
Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn)
Pyraria irregularis (Common apple)
Salix caprea (goat willow)

Common Habitat

Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd
Dorset Heaths
Fenland
Morecambe Bay Pavements
Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol
Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren
The New Forest
Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 2Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 3Ecology of Commanster