Photo © Roy Leverton
Black Mountain Moth
Psodos coracina
Checklist Number70.289 [B&F: 1965]
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: | Psodos |
| Species: | coracina |
| Authority: | (Esper, 1805) |
Nationally scarce (Na) in mountains and high moorland, in the central Scottish Highlands. Unlikely to be recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight. Unmistakable. Wingspan 21-28 mm. Larva feeds on Crowberry.
