Species Details

ABH: 70.264

BF: 1940

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Deileptenia ribeata

Authority: (Clerck, 1759)

Vernacular: Satin Beauty

Account: Common in coniferous woodland and plantations throughout much of the British Isles The most likely confusion species is Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata. Larva feeds on Scots Pine, Yew, Norway Spruce, European Larch and Douglas Fir.

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: 42 — 48 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 26 Jun (1976) — 21 Aug (1986)

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

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch), Pinaceae., 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: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/deileptenia-ribeata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 72

Individuals: 39

Earliest Year: 1867

Latest Year: 2025

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