Species Details

ABH: 70.253

BF: 1932

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Agriopis leucophaearia

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Spring Usher

Account: Common in deciduous, especially oak, woodland, mature hedgerows, parks and gardens throughout the British Isles. Widespread and reasonably common in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan male 31-37 mm, female wingless. Much more delicate than the superficially similar Mottled Umber Erannis defoliaria. Larva feeds on Pedunculate and Sessile Oak, over-wintering as a pupa.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: male 31 — 37 mm; female wingless

Surrey Flight Period: —

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Malus sp. (an apple), Quercus sp. (an oak).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/agriopis-leucophaearia/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 692

Individuals: 3645

Earliest Year: 1882

Latest Year: 2025

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