Diet Overlap

Arctia caja (garden tiger moth)
Gastropacha quercifolia (Lappet)

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
Essex Estuaries
Fenland
North Norfolk Coast
Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren
Solent Maritime
The Broads
The New Forest
Thorne Moor
Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham

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