Photo © Mike Wall

Bordered Beauty

Epione repandaria

Checklist Number
70.227 [B&F: 1907]

Verification
Record will normally be accepted but photo evidence may be required - check with CMR if not sure of identity

Classification

Family:Geometridae
Subfamily:Ennominae
Genus:Epione
Species:repandaria
Authority:(Hufnagel, 1767)

Common in damp woodland rides and clearings, scrub, hedgerows and gardens throughout the British Isles. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight there have been relatively few recent records of this inhabitant of damp sallow thickets. Wingspan 28-31 mm. The main confusion species is Dark Bordered Beauty E. vespertaria, which differs chiefly in the distal edge of the subterminal fascia, which is parallel with the dorsum in E. vespertaria, but which meets the apex in E. repandaria. Larva feeds on Sallow, Black Poplar, Alder and Hazel, over-wintering as an egg.

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)