Lythria cruentaria
Lythria cruentaria
- Family
- Geometer moths
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Wingspan 20–24 mm. A small, beautiful moth. Flies in two generation A butterfly flies in 2 generations when the year’s first newly emerged adults (1st generation) bring a new “brood” (“children”) capable of flight into the world in the same year. With 3 generations there are “grandchildren” as well in the same year. The number of generations determines in how many months of the year we can see the butterfly. from late April to early August – especially on the dike, but also in the clearings of the plantation. It is very active by day, when it flies low over the ground a few metres at a time.
It overwinters as a pupa, and the caterpillar is found on its food plants, Sheep's Sorrel and Common Sorrel.
