Photo © Keith Tailby
Dark Bordered Beauty
Epione vespertaria
Checklist Number70.228 [B&F: 1908]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Ennominae |
| Genus: | Epione |
| Species: | vespertaria |
| Authority: | (Linnaeus, 1767) |
A rare Red Data Book species, in open grassland and scrubby heathland, surviving in a few sites in northern England and in Scotland, a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Unlikely to be recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 26-29 mm. The most likely confusion species is Bordered Beauty E. repandaria, which see for differences. Larva feeds on Aspen and Creeping Willow, over-wintering as an egg.
