UK Status
Resident. Common
Montgomeryshire
Status
A common species, found throughout the county.
Wingspan
: M
& F, 24-28mm.
Confusion
species
Fan-foot.
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Flight
time (Montgomeryshire)
Habitat
Broadleaf woodland, hedgerows, scrub and gardens.
Foodplant
Withered and healthy
leaves of pedunculate oak, downy birch, hazel, bird cherry and
hawthorn, also recorded on bramble and traveller's-joy.
Lifestage data
Overwinters as a pupa in the debris or in a crevice in the bark. Larva
July-October. |

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