Small Waved Umber - Horisme vitalbata
Wingspan 30 to 35 mm.
Inhabiting woodland margins, hedgerows and chalk downs where Travellers-joy is present.
There are two generations of this moth during the year, flying in May and June and again in August.
The larval foodplant is Traveller's-joy.
It is distributed mainly in the south of England and south Wales. In a recent survey to determine the status of all macro moths in Britain this species was classified as common.
It appears to be uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland, where there are few records. L&R Moth Group status = D (rare or rarely recorded).
Mark Skevington
Ketton Quarry
27 July 2012
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
13 August 2014
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Species profile
- Common names
- Small Waved Umber
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Geometridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 27/07/2012 (Skevington, Mark)
- Last record:
- 13/08/2020 (Baker, Adrian)
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