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Family: Geometridae   Checklist Number: 70.240

Odontopera bidentata  (Clerck, 1759)

Scalloped Hazel

A common species across the archipelago. On the wing from May to June in woodland, scrub and gardens. The larval food-plants are birches (Betula spp.), hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) and other woody shrubs.

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.

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