Mottled Grey (Colostygia multistrigaria) - iMoths


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Mottled Grey
Colostygia multistrigaria (Haworth, 1809)
Geometridae : Larentiinae

1775 / 70.101

Photo © Dave Wilton, Ivinghoe Hills 2013

Similar Upper Thames Species
Early Tooth-striped Trichopteryx carpinata

Foodplant:	Lady's Bedstraw, other bedstraws
Red List:	Least Concern (LC)
GB Status:	Common
Verification Grade: Adult: 2

Found locally across the region on dry calcareous grassland and heathland.

Recorded in 23 (29%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1750.
Last Recorded in 2019.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date	#	VC	10k Area
19/03/2019	1	22	SU56 - Thatcham / Aldermaston
15/04/2018	+	24	SU98 - Slough (N), Burnham Beeches
25/04/2013	1	24	SP80 - Wendover, Princes Risborough
23/04/2013	1	24	SP91 - Pitstone, Ivinghoe Hills
23/04/2013	3	24	SP91 - Pitstone, Ivinghoe Hills

Further info: Colostygia multistrigaria

	UK Moths		Mothdissection UK
	Lepiforum.de		Upper Thames Moths (Full)