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Blomer's Rivulet

Venusia blomeri

Checklist Number
70.116 [B&F: 1872]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Geometridae
Subfamily:Larentiinae
Genus:Venusia
Species:blomeri
Authority:(Curtis, 1832)

Nationally scarce (Nb) in woodland and hedgerows, in western England and Wales. In Hampshire the two specimens which turned up in 1974, one at Minstead in vice-county 11 and one at Crawley in vice-county 12, remain the only records in the county. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 24-28 mm. Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Wych Elm, 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
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

No Larval records to show.

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Minstead (SU21)14/06/1974oneL W SiggsAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Northwood (SU43)01/07/1974oneReg A BellAdult