Diet Overlap

Nymphalis polychloros (Large Tortoiseshell Butterfly)
Lycia hirtaria (Brindled Beauty Moth)

Common Diet

Betula pendula (European white birch)
Crataegus heterophylla (Common Hawthorn)
Populus nigra (Lombardy poplar)
Populus tremula (European aspen)
Pyraria irregularis (Common apple)
Pyrus communis (common pear)
Salix caprea (goat willow)
Salix viminalis (basket willow)

Common Habitat

Fenland
The New Forest
Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ecology of Commanster
♦ 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
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants