Diet Overlap

Orgyia antiqua (Rusty Tussock Moth)
Eriogaster lanestris (Small Eggar)

Common Diet

Alnus glutinosa (European alder)
Alnus incana (gray alder)
Betula pendula (European white birch)
Crataegus heterophylla (Common Hawthorn)
Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn)
Salix caprea (goat willow)
Salix cinerea (large gray willow)

Common Habitat

Braunton Burrows
Fenland
Fenn`s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses
Morecambe Bay
Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren
Solent Maritime
The New Forest

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