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Latticed Heath
Chiasmia clathrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geometridae: Ennominae
1894 / 70.218
Photo © Stephen Youngs,  25/08/2019 - Pedders Way

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Common Heath
Ematurga atomaria
Forewing: 11-15mm.
Flight: Two generations May-June. July-Sept.
Foodplant:   Clovers, Trefoil and Lucerne
Red List: Near Threatened (NT)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1
Status
Variable species, with several named forms and subspecies. Ground colour from yellowish to white.
Open habitats.

Form ab.obsoletissima orange ground colour with brown veins, first recorded at Wells, 1950 (NHM - Cockayne) later at Holme Dunes 1999 and 2001 (G. Hibberd). All that is known of this remarkable form is that it inhabits the east coast of England from Suffolk to Lincs.
(NMS No.50 & 60 1999, 2001)

Recorded in 67 (91%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1834.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
04/10/2023127TG04Cley next the Sea
23/09/2023228TF83North Creake
21/09/2023128TF92Great Ryburgh
15/09/2023127TG32Neatishead / Barton Broad
14/09/2023128TL99Rockland St Peter
11/09/2023127TG04Glandford
11/09/2023227TG32Neatishead / Barton Broad
10/09/2023+28TL78Weeting Heath (Gravelpit Wood)
10/09/2023127TG31Upton
10/09/2023127TG11Honingham
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