Pale Oak Beauty (Hypomecis punctinalis)


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Pale Oak Beauty
Hypomecis punctinalis (Scopoli, 1763)
Geometridae : Ennominae

1944 / 70.268

Photo © Stephen Youngs, 04/07/2015 - Hethersett

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Similar Species
Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Forewing:	22-26mm.
Flight:	One generation May-July.
Foodplant:	Pedunculate Oak, birches, Hazel, Hawthorn and sallows.
Red List:	Least Concern (LC)
GB Status:	Common
Verification Grade: Adult: 1

Status
Common and widespread.
Variable in ground colour.
Broadleaved woodland, scrub, heathland.

Please note the similar Great Oak Beauty is NOT recorded in Norfolk.

Recorded in 63 (85%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1956.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date	#	VC	10k	Area
16/08/2023	1	27	TG01	Lyng / Sparham
03/08/2023	1	28	TL79	Mundford
27/07/2023	1	28	TF81	Sporle
17/07/2023	1	28	TF93	Little Snoring
11/07/2023	1	27	TM49	Aldeby (Stanley Carrs)
08/07/2023	1	27	TM49	Thurlton
07/07/2023	1	27	TG11	Costessey
05/07/2023	2	28	TL79	Cranwich
05/07/2023	1	28	TL79	Cranwich
03/07/2023	+	28	TL79	Cranwich Heath

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