Diet Overlap

Biston betularia (peppered moth)
Cosmia trapezina (Dun-bar)

Common Diet

Betula pendula (European white birch)
Betula pubescens pubescens (downy birch)
Buddleja davidii (orange eye butterflybush)
Fagus sylvatica (European beech)
Prunus domestica (plum)
Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn)
Pyraria irregularis (Common apple)
Salix caprea (goat willow)

Common Habitat

Epping Forest
Fenland
Fenn`s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses
Isles of Scilly Complex
Morecambe Bay
Morecambe Bay Pavements
Roudsea Wood and Mosses
Sefton Coast
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