The Mallow - Larentia clavaria
Wingspan 36 to 40 mm.
Occupying a range of suburban habitats, waste ground and ditches or riverbanks.
Adults are on the wing during September and October.
As the English name suggests, the main larval foodplant is Mallow (Malva sylvestris), but the caterpillars will also eat cultivated hollyhock (Alcea).
Distributed throughout England and Wales and into southern Scotland, this species is commoner in the south. It also occurs locally in Ireland. In a recent survey to determine the status of all macro moths in Britain this species was classified as common.
Pete Leonard
Bottesford west
13 September 2021
Andy's Rutland
Empingham garden
04 October 2019
Pete Leonard
Bottesford west
13 September 2021
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Species profile
- Common names
- Mallow
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Geometridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 03/10/2018 (Dejardin, Andrew)
- Last record:
- 13/09/2021 (Leonard, Pete)
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Andy's Rutland
Empingham garden
03 October 2018
Andy's Rutland
Empingham garden
03 October 2018
