Hello, from Steve Garten and welcome to my weird and wonderful world of moths.
I’m amateur Lepidopterist, I trap and record moth species on my six acre wildlife meadow at Tibenham Norfolk, UK.
The list of moths listed in this Macro-moths blog and the Micro Moths blog are the species I have recorded since 2015.
Brown Silver-line, Petrophora chlorosata.
The moth is from the family of Geometridae, subfamily Ennominae.
It Is a medium-sized macro moth, with a wingspan of 31 to 37 mm.
The moth as one generation and its flight season is from May to June.
It then overwinters as a pupa underground
The larva appears from mid-June to early September,
The lava feed on bracken.
The moth's habitat is mainly were its foodplant occurs in woodland, heathland and moorland locations.
The moth is a resident common species throughout most of the UK
Click on the species of moth below for further information
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