Diet Overlap

Opisthograptis luteolata (Brimstone Moth)
Amphipyra pyramidea (copper underwing)

Common Diet

Betula pubescens pubescens (downy birch)
Corylus avellana (common filbert)
Crataegus heterophylla (Common Hawthorn)
Crataegus laevigata palmstruchii (Midland Hawthorn)
Malus sylvestris (Crab Apple)
Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn)
Pyraria irregularis (Common apple)
Torminalis glaberrima (Wild Service Tree)

Common Habitat

Fenn`s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses
Morecambe Bay
Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol
Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren
South Solway Mosses
The New Forest
Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham
West Midlands Mosses

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