Diet Overlap

Orthosia gothica (Hebrew Character)
Eriogaster lanestris (Small Eggar)

Common Diet

Alnus glutinosa (European alder)
Alnus incana (gray alder)
Crataegus heterophylla (Common Hawthorn)
Populus tremula (European aspen)
Prunus padus (Bird Cherry)
Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn)
Pyraria irregularis (Common apple)
Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak)
Salix caprea (goat willow)
Vaccinium myrtillus (myrtle blueberry)

Common Habitat

Dee Estuary/ Aber Dyfrdwy
Fenland
Morecambe Bay
Morecambe Bay Pavements
Roudsea Wood and Mosses
The New Forest

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