Pale Eggar (Trichiura crataegi) - iMoths - West Midlands Moths Mobile


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Pale Eggar
Trichiura crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lasiocampidae : Poecilocampinae

1632 / 66.002

Photo © Dave Emley

Similar West Midlands Species: None

Forewing:	14-17mm
Flight:	August - September
Foodplant:	Birches, Blackthorn, Hawthorn
Red List:	Vulnerable (VU)
GB status:	Common
Verification Grade: Adult: 1

Scarce to common throughout the region.

Found in woodland, hedgerows, heathland.

Overwinters as an egg.

Recorded in 79 (56%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1853.
Last Recorded in 2023.
(Data up to end 2023)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2023)
Date	#	VC	10k Area
11/09/2023	1	37	SO74 - Colwall & Malvern Hills AONB
10/09/2023	2	40	SO49 - Church Stretton
09/09/2023	1	36	SO51 - Doward & Goodrich
08/09/2023	1	36	SO54 - NE Hereford & Marden
07/09/2023	1	40	SO49 - Church Stretton

Further info: Trichiura crataegi

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