Diet Overlap

Biston betularia (peppered moth)
Eriogaster lanestris (Small Eggar)

Common Diet

Alnus glutinosa (European alder)
Alnus incana (gray alder)
Betula pendula (European white birch)
Betula pubescens pubescens (downy birch)
Crataegus heterophylla (Common Hawthorn)
Euonymus europaeus (European spindletree)
Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn)
Pyraria irregularis (Common apple)
Salix caprea (goat willow)
Salix cinerea (large gray willow)

Common Habitat

Dee Estuary/ Aber Dyfrdwy
Fenland
Fenn`s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses
Lizard Point
Morecambe Bay
Morecambe Bay Pavements
Roudsea Wood and Mosses
Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren
The New Forest

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