Photo © Keith Tailby
Small Argent & Sable
Epirrhoe tristata
Checklist Number70.060 [B&F: 1737]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Larentiinae |
| Genus: | Epirrhoe |
| Species: | tristata |
| Authority: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Common on moorland, grassland, woodland and heathland, in western England, Scotland and Ireland, generally restricted to uplands. Unlikely to be recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 24-26 mm. Fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on Heath Bedstraw, over-wintering as a pupa.
