Diet Overlap

Diloba caeruleocephala (figure of eight)
Arctia caja (garden tiger moth)

Common Diet

Malus sylvestris (Crab Apple)
Pyraria irregularis (Common apple)
Pyrus communis (common pear)
Sorbus aucuparia (Mountain Ash)

Common Habitat

Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes
Drigg Coast
Fenland
Morecambe Bay
Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren
Solent Maritime
The New Forest
Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay

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