Mottled
Umber
Erannis
defoliaria (Clerck, 1759) ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Status
.....Common at many woodland sites in a
line running south-west to north-east through the county.
Strongly attracted to MV lights and security lights. The
females are wingless and can be found during the day on
the trunks of trees. |
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Photographed
at Sherwood Forest CP January 2011 |
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Photographed at Sherwood
Forest CP November 2008 |
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Photographed at Sherwood
Forest CP November 2010 |
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Photographed at Sherwood
Forest CP November 2013 |
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Photographed at Sherwood
Forest CP November 2013 |
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Photographed at Red Hill
December 2004 |
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Photographed at Lound
Wood November 2006 |
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Female,
photographed at Hazel Gap near Budby Pumping Station,
December 2013. |
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Early stages ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Half-grown larvae. Photographed on Mountain Ash Sorbus aucuparia and
Hazel Corylus avellana, Thieves Wood May 2021 |
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Full-grown larva. Photographed on Birch Betula pendula, Clumber Park May
2023. |
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