Species Details

ABH: 70.036

BF: 1680

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Sterrhinae

Taxon: Cyclophora punctaria

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Maiden's Blush

Account: Local in oak woodland throughout much of England and Wales Fairly unmistakable, but worn, faded specimens could be confused with second generation Clay Triple-lines C. linearia, which see. Larva feeds on Pedunculate and Sessile Oak, over-wintering as a pupa.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 25 — 32 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 15 Apr (2022) — 26 Oct (2014)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Quercus sp. (an oak).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/cyclophora-punctaria/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1571

Individuals: 1276

Earliest Year: 1864

Latest Year: 2025

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