Lepidoptera Outer Hebrides

Family: Geometridae   Checklist Number: 70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata   Linnaeus, 1758

Brimstone Moth

Uncommon species found in mixed habitat including open scrub and hedgerows from May to July. Hawthorn (Crataegus) and blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) are favoured but quite a range of other trees and shrubs are used by the larvae

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