Latticed Heath Moth
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 15th June 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 10th July 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Taken at Newport Wetlands on 28th July 2014 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Fact File
Latticed Heath Moth.
Species:
Order:
Family:		 Chiasmia clathrata.
Lepidoptera.
Geometridae.
Food:
Habitat:
Male/Female:


 Larvae:

Flies/Found:
Feature:
 Found around Lucerne crops
Gardens, heathland and chalk grassland.
The wings are white or buff with a network of brown lines (hence its common name). These lines vary in thickness and sometimes the wings are almost entirely dark brown.
Feed on bedstraws and legumes such as clovers, trefoils, lucerne and meadow vetchling.
May - September.