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Purple Treble-bar
Aplocera praeformata
Checklist Number70.194 [B&F: 1869]
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: | Aplocera |
| Species: | praeformata |
| Authority: | (Hübner, [1826]) |
A very rare immigrant from mainland Europe which has appeared twice in Britain, once in Oxfordshire in 1919 and once in Pembrokeshire in 1946. Wingspan 34-33 mm. Larva feeds on St John's-worts.
