70.029 BF1682 - Blood-vein - Geometridae - Timandra comae

70.029 BF1682 - Geometridae - Timandra comae - Blood-vein

Adult Macro: CAT 1 - Distinctive species unlikely to be confused with others -

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- Generally Common / Widespread - Day-flying

Taxonomy: Macro >> Geometridae

ID Difficulty: green

- easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.

ID pointers: Larger than other related species. Pale cream in colour with a crimson red straight cross-line from wing tip to trailing forewing edge. Crimson red borders to hind wing and forewing are diagnostic.

Distribution: A resident species being fairly common and widely distributed in lowland Derbyshire. Recorded annually but becomes progressively scarcer north of the Trent valley. Possibly a declining species in the county.

Flight Period: May / June / July / August / September / - On the wing – 1st brood – May – July / 2nd brood – August to mid September.

Forewing: 15-18mm

Food Plant: Docks, Common Orache, Common Sorrel.

Recorded dates for Common [Blue-coded ] moths are not stored on the website at this current time.

Blood-vein – Timandra comae