1927 Brindled Beauty (Lycia hirtaria )

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Family Geometridae:Ennominae

Wingspan 38 mm.

Flight period Jan - Mar

Descripttion

A once popular street moth is now more often found on Silver birch in parkland or urban waste ground. The name comes from the attractive mottled pattern on the wings The grey or reddih brown caterpillar