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Grey Scalloped Bar

Dyscia fagaria

Checklist Number
70.292 [B&F: 1969]

Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)

Classification

Family:Geometridae
Subfamily:Ennominae
Genus:Dyscia
Species:fagaria
Authority:(Thunberg, 1784)

Local on heathland, moorland, bogs and mosses throughout much of the British Isles. In Hampshire locally rather frequent on the New Forest heaths, especially near recently burned ground, on which the imago rests by day; very occasional elsewhere in the county and on the Isle of Wight, where first recorded in 2001. Wingspan 31-40 mm. Larva feeds on Heather, Bell Heather and Cross-leaved Heath.

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)