Diet Overlap

Biston betularia (peppered moth)
Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Brown-tail)

Common Diet

Crataegus heterophylla (Common Hawthorn)
Prunus domestica (plum)
Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn)
Pyraria irregularis (Common apple)
Salix caprea (goat willow)

Common Habitat

Dorset Heaths
Epping Forest
Fenland
Isles of Scilly Complex
Morecambe Bay Pavements
Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren
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