Family: Geometridae Checklist Number: 70.091
Eulithis populata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Northern Spinach
Common across the archipelago in a wide range of habitats but most often encountered in moorland. On the wing from July to August. The larval food-plant is bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus).
References:
Leverton, R. & Cubitt, M. (2024). The Larger Moths of Scotland.
Waring, P. & Townsend, M. (2018 third edition). Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland.