Species Details

ABH: 70.123

BF: 1790

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Triphosa dubitata

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Tissue

Account: Local in woodland, scrub, hedgerows, calcareous grassland and acid heathland throughout much of England, Wales and southern Scotland The most likely confusion species is Scarce Tissue Rheumaptera cervinalis, which see for differences. Larva feeds on Buckthorn and Alder Buckthorn.

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: 38 — 48 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Frangula alnus (Alder Buckthorn), Rhamnus cathartica (Buckthorn).

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/triphosa-dubitata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 83

Individuals: 251

Earliest Year: 1868

Latest Year: 2020

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