Shaded Broad-bar

    Scotopteryx chenopodiata

    GeometridaeABH 70.045 B&F 1732

    Common and widespread across the county, though conspicuously absent from inland Exmoor.  It comes to light but is at least as likely to be found flying by day, usually in flowery places.

    Adult Verification Grade: 1

    Shaded Broad-bar (Scotopteryx chenopodiata) photographed in Somerset by John Connolly