UK Status
Resident. Local S,C.
Montgomeryshire
Status
Resident. An uncommon and local species known from a handful
of scattered sites. Occasionally several can be recorded at a single
night's trapping.
Wingspan : M & F, 26-33mm.
Confusion
species
Blair's Mocha, False Mocha and Maiden's Blush.
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Flight
time (Montgomeryshire)
Habitat
Beech woods or anywhere beech is found.
Foodplant
Beech.
Lifestage data
Overwinters as a pupa, attaching itself to a leaf. Larva late June-late August and September-October. |

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