Geometridae

70.059 Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata bilineata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common throughout

Camptogramma bilineata atlantica (Staudinger, 1892)

Scotland

Camptogramma bilineata hibernica Tutt, 1902

Ireland

Camptogramma bilineata isolata Kane, 1896

Ireland

Similar species: This moth is unlikely to be mistaken for other British or Irish species.

Forewing: 13 to 16mm

Habitats: Woodland, scrub, hedgerows, green lanes, gardens, wasteland, marshes, breckland, heathland and mountain moorland.

Habits: The moth is easily disturbed from scrub and tall vegetation during the day. It nectars at flowers from dusk when it is sometimes abundant and later comes sparingly to light.

Foodplant: The larva feeds on Cleavers, other bedstraws, sea wormwood, other wormwoods, Dandelion, chickweeds, docks, sorrels, grasses and other low-growing plants. It pupates in loose soil or in the leaf litter.

On the European mainland it has been recorded feeding on Field Wormwood, Heath Violet, Common Restharrow, cinquefoils and nettles.