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Horse Chestnut

Pachycnemia hippocastanaria

Checklist Number
70.225 [B&F: 1905]

Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)

Classification

Family:Geometridae
Subfamily:Ennominae
Genus:Pachycnemia
Species:hippocastanaria
Authority:(Hübner, [1799])

Nationally scarce (Nb) in heathland in southern England (Hampshire and adjoining counties). In Hampshire a characteristic species of the heathlands of the New Forest and north-east Hampshire, and occasionally recorded elsewhere in the county and along the north-western coast of the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 28-32 mm. Fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on Heather and Cross-leaved Heath, over-wintering as a pupa.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
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Adult
Larval

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Records by week (larval)