July Belle

    Scotopteryx luridata

    GeometridaeABH 70.041 B&F 1734

     A gorse-feeder, locally common around Porlock/Minehead and in the north Quantocks, with more diffuse populations in the south of Exmoor, the Blackdowns and parts of the Mendips.  May perhaps be declining in these areas.

    Adult Verification Grade: 3

    July Belle (Scotopteryx luridata) photographed in Somerset by John Connolly