Sussex Moth Group: Chesias rufata

Chesias rufata (Fabricius, 1775)

Subspecies:
Chesias rufata rufata (Fabricius, 1775)
Chesias rufata scotica (Richardson, 1952)

Broom-tip
70.1960 (B&F: 1865)

»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Geometroidea
    »Family: Geometridae
      »Subfamily: Larentiinae
        »Tribe: Chesiadini

Number of records: 8
Recorded in: 8 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 10 iv 2020

Identification
difficulty

: 1Species that can be relatively easily identified even by inexperienced recorders with the use of up-to-date field guides. Such records would be accepted without the need for additional evidence as long as they conform to the normal flight period and geographical range of the species.

A species which is presumed to have been extinct in East Sussex since 1982, where it was always rare, and West Sussex since 1985, where it was previously sometimes fairly common, particularly in the Rogate area until the early 1980s. The moth flies in a single brood from April to August. The larval foodplant has not been confirmed in Sussex but is presumed to be broom, as it is elsewhere. (Pratt, 2011)

Distribution at 1km scale

Distribution at 1km scale

Phenology (adult)

No larval records