Photo © Dave Green
Pale Eggar
Trichiura crataegi
Checklist Number66.002 [B&F: 1632]
Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)
Classification
| Family: | Lasiocampidae |
| Subfamily: | Poecilicampinae |
| Genus: | Trichiura |
| Species: | crataegi |
| Authority: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Local and declining in open woodland, hedgerows, heathland, moorland, scrub and gardens throughout much of the British Isles, a species of conservation concern under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight has largely recovered from a decline in population evident in the 1990s. Wingspan 33-40 mm. Flight-time and coloration are diagnostic. Larva feeds on Blackthorn, Hawthorn, Silver Birch, Downy Birch, Heather and Bilberry, over-wintering as an egg.
The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:
No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Larval | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Records by week (adult)
Records by week (larval)
