Status
Widespread.
Gardens, hedgerows, woodland, fens and orchards.
Extremely variable species with several forms.
The nominate form has a forewing demarcated centrally, with a white basal half showing a large dark patch on the dorsum and a ferruginous/black distal half.
f. asperana
As above but with no dark patch on the dorsum.
f. cirrana
Forewing ground colour yellow/brown.
f. brunneana
forewing colour brown rather than black.
f. argentana
White with obsolescent markings except for a dark costal blotch to the forewing.
f. albana
All white.
f. caeruleaoatrana
Melanic all dark.Recorded in 64 (86%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1914.
Last Recorded in 2023. |