49.144 Oak Marble

Eudemis profundana

TQ4692 13/07/2019 ©Raymond Small

Flies during July and August in oak woodland and scrub. It is a variable species with broad, rounded forewings and general marbled appearance to the wing pattern. There is often a characteristic orange tuft on the thorax. Oak is its foodplant. Previously known as the 'Diamond-back Marble'.

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