Purple Bar (Cosmorhoe ocellata)


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Purple Bar
Cosmorhoe ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geometridae : Larentiinae

1752 / 70.087

Photo © Stephen Youngs, 26/07/2018 - Pedders Way

Similar Species: None

Forewing:	13-15mm.
Flight:	Two generations May-July. Aug-Sept.
Foodplant:	Bedstraws.
Red List:	Least Concern (LC)
GB Status:	Common
Verification Grade: Adult: 1

Status
One of the smaller 'carpets' .
Wide variety of habitats.

Recorded in 63 (85%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1928.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date	#	VC	10k	Area
13/09/2023	1	28	TF63	Snettisham
10/09/2023	+	28	TL78	Weeting Heath (Gravelpit Wood)
09/09/2023	1	27	TG01	North Tuddenham
08/09/2023	+	28	TL78	Weeting Heath (Gravelpit Wood)
04/09/2023	1	28	TL79	Mundford
01/09/2023	1	28	TF52	Terrington St Clement
28/08/2023	1	27	TG04	Glandford
28/08/2023	1	28	TF72	Flitcham
27/08/2023	2	28	TF74	Holme NNR
27/08/2023	+	28	TL78	Weeting Heath (Gravelpit Wood)

Further info: Cosmorhoe ocellata