70.223 : 1903 : 7606
Geometridae : Ennominae

Barred Umber

PLAGODIS pulveraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
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Description
Wingspan: 32-38mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,Sardinia & Sicily) - eastwards throughout most of Palearctic ecozone to Japan : westwards to Nearctic region - Canada
UK Distribution: South-west,South-east,Southern England and Wales - well distributed but scarce : Midlands,East Anglia,northwards - thinly distributed : Northern England,mainland Scotland - recorded locally : Ireland - widespread but local.
UK Conservation Status -
  • Local = 101 - 300  10km squares
European Conservation Status -
  • Least Concern
Original Species Name -
  • Phalaena pulveraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type Species - Plagodis
  • Phalaena dolabraria (Linnaeus, 1767)
Type Locality -
  • Europe
Flight Period: May - June
Habitat: Ancient Broadleaved Woodland : Limestone Pavement
Similar Species -
  • None
Larva: The 35mm final instar larva is light brown with a pair of humps on the eighth segment looking like a bud spur and possibly another smaller pair on the ninth segment.Head is pale brown.
Pupa: Pupates just below soil
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The moth forewing is light brown with fine dark reddish-brown speckling and a dark brown median band with slightly curved  antemedian line and post median line jutting out centrally and posteriorly.Some moths as shown below have a pinkish tinge and others grey brown with the  central median band varying in some individuals.
The female forewing is more curved than the males.
The moth is attracted to the light trap although most are usually males.
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Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
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Larval Food Plants
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Type Locality:
Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometroidea
Geometridae
Ennominae
Hypochrosini
PLAGODIS Hübner 1823
Plagodis pulveraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Phalaena dolabraria (Linnaeus, 1767)
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PHALAENA pulveraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
= pulverata
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Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title page : p.521 - n.141
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Europe