Species Details

ABH: 70.059

BF: 1742

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Camptogramma bilineata

=Camptogramma bilineata atlantica

=Camptogramma bilineata bilineata

=Camptogramma bilineata hibernica

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Yellow Shell

Account: Common in hedgerows, gardens, rough meadows, woodland rides, downland, heathland and freshwater margins throughout the British Isles Unmistakable. The UK population is divided into several allopatric subspecies representing Britain, Shetland, Ireland and the Blasket Islands. Larva feeds on various herbaceous plants, including Cleavers, Bedstraw, Wormwood and Dock.

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: 28 — 32 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 May (2011) — 25 Sep (2025)

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

Foodplant: Rumex sp. (a dock), Stellaria media (Common Chickweed).

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/camptogramma-bilineata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1293

Individuals: 386

Earliest Year: 1893

Latest Year: 2025

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