Red List: Least Concern (LC). GB Status: Common.
Identification
The majority of November Moth, Pale November Moth & Autumnal Moths, especially when worn, cannot be assigned to species without dissection and should be recorded as 70.1071 Epirrita agg or November Moth agg.
A minority of male moths that are well marked and not worn can be identified to species level by looking at the position of the discal spot relative to the outer cross-band. Male Epirritas can also be identified to species by examining the octavals on the posterior margin of the 8th sternite with a 10x hand lens. See Waring et al (2017).
Recording method
Attracted to light.
Life cycle
One generation. Overwinters as an egg on bark or a twig. Larvae late April to June. Pupates underground.
Larval foodplants
Many broadleaved trees and shrubs.
Habitat
Deciduous woodland especially where beech is present.
History
First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway only in 1946 for VC72 at Tynron by Duncan, in 1976 for VC73 in the Rothamsted light trap at Bridge of Dee and also in 1976 for VC74 in the Rothamsted light trap at Penninghame House, north of Newton Stewart.
