Irish moths
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Family: Geometridae Sub-family: Ennominae 1926 * Pale Brindled Beauty * Phigalia pilosaria Locally common Wingspan: 35-48mm Flight time: January-March. Females are wingless Habitat: Broadleaved woodlands, parks, gardens, scrub Larval feed on a wide range of broadleaved trees and shrubs Melanist forms occur, the black form is known as f. monacharia |
Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. 2011