Diet Overlap

Acronicta tridens (Dark Dagger)
Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Brown-tail)

Common Diet

Crataegus heterophylla (Common Hawthorn)
Malus sylvestris (Crab Apple)
Prunus domestica (plum)
Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn)
Pyraria irregularis (Common apple)
Pyrus communis (common pear)
Salix caprea (goat willow)

Common Habitat

Dorset Heaths
Epping Forest
Fenland
Isles of Scilly Complex
Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren
Solent Maritime
The Broads
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