Species Details

ABH: 70.217

BF: 1896

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Macaria brunneata

Authority: (Thunberg, 1784)

Vernacular: Rannoch Looper

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) breeding in long-established birch and coniferous woodland in parts of eastern Scotland; also appearing as a migrant on the southern coasts of England Habitually holds its wings at rest in a closed position reminiscent of (and therefore mistakable for) Dingy Shell Euchoeca nebulata. Larva feeds on Bilberry and Cowberry.

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: 25 — 30 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 31 May (2009) — 11 Jul (1955)

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

Foodplant:

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/macaria-brunneata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 25

Individuals: 29

Earliest Year: 1955

Latest Year: 2011

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