70.251 Biston strataria (Oak Beauty)
fw: 17-27mm; Feb-Apr; various broadleaved trees; common in oak woodland in England and Wales, more local north of the Humber.
Biston strataria (Oak Beauty) §1 male
ID: Two black-bordered brown cross-bands of
variable width (sub-basal and sub-terminal fasciae).
§1 Exmoor, Devon; 11/04/2009; male
§2 Dartmoor, Devon; 05/04/2014
§3 Dartmoor, Devon; 05/04/2014; male; fw 18.2mm
§4 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 11/04/2016; male
§5 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 28/02/2019; male
§6 Dunalastair Estate, Perthshire; 04/04/2022; male
§7 Pound Wood, Essex; 09/03/2022; male; fw 22.8mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Dartmoor, Devon; 05/04/2014
§3 Dartmoor, Devon; 05/04/2014; male; fw 18.2mm
§4 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 11/04/2016; male
§5 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 28/02/2019; male
§6 Dunalastair Estate, Perthshire; 04/04/2022; male
§7 Pound Wood, Essex; 09/03/2022; male; fw 22.8mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 05/04/2014 (§1) | §2&3 added 09/05/2014 | §4 added 12/04/2017 | §5 added 11/02/2020 | §6 added 07/04/2022 |
§7 added 06/05/2022
§7 added 06/05/2022
