Diet Overlap

Biston betularia (peppered moth)
Phalera bucephala (Buff-tip)

Common Diet

Alnus glutinosa (European alder)
Betula pendula (European white birch)
Betula pubescens pubescens (downy birch)
Fagus sylvatica (European beech)
Prunus domestica (plum)
Salix caprea (goat willow)
Salix cinerea (large gray willow)

Common Habitat

Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd
Dee Estuary/ Aber Dyfrdwy
Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes
Fenland
Lizard Point
Morecambe Bay
Morecambe Bay Pavements
North Norfolk Coast
Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol
Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau
Roudsea Wood and Mosses
Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren
South Solway Mosses
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