Species Details

ABH: 70.295

BF: 1970

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Perconia strigillaria

Authority: (Hübner, [1787])

Vernacular: Grass Wave

Account: Local on heathland, open woodland, moorland and bogs throughout the British Isles The most likely confusion species is Common Heath Ematurga atomaria, especially pale forms. Larva feeds on Heather, Bell Heather, Broom and Petty Whin.

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: 36 — 41 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 16 May (1997) — 15 Jul (1899)

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

Foodplant: Calluna sp., Cytisus scoparius (Broom), Erica sp., Ulex sp.

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/perconia-strigillaria/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 225

Individuals: 89

Earliest Year: 1842

Latest Year: 2019

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