Diet Overlap

Biston betularia (peppered moth)
Acronicta alni (Alder Moth)

Common Diet

Alnus glutinosa (European alder)
Alnus incana (gray alder)
Betula pendula (European white birch)
Betula pubescens pubescens (downy birch)
Fagus sylvatica (European beech)
Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn)
Pyraria irregularis (Common apple)
Salix caprea (goat willow)
Salix cinerea (large gray willow)

Common Habitat

Brown Moss
Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd
Fenland
Morecambe Bay
Morecambe Bay Pavements
North Norfolk Coast
Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau
Roudsea Wood and Mosses
Sefton Coast
South Pennine Moors
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