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.

Mallow - Larentia clavaria.

Sunday, January 15, 2023

Mallow - Larentia clavaria. A macro moth species from the family of Geometridae subfamily Larentiinae. Forewings are fawn in colour with a browner basal patch The moth has a wingspan of 36 to 40 mm. The moth as one generation from September to November. The moth’s habitat favours a range of suburban habitats, waste ground and ditches or riverbanks. The main larval foodplant is Mallow - Malva sylvestris, but the caterpillars will also eat cultivated hollyhock - Alcea. The moth is classified nationally as a common species in the UK.

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