Mesotype didymata

Mesotype [Perizoma] didymata (Linnaeus 1758) (Family Geometridae)

Larva

Forewing Length: 11-15mm;
Wingspan: 24-29mm

Egg Larva Pupa Adult

(Winter) April - June
(Earliest: 11.5) ? May - August
(Earliest: 17.7)

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows
Meadows
Heath and Moorland

Food:
(Larva)
(Polyphagous)
Anthriscus sylvestris
Chaerophyllum temulum
Filipendula ulmaria
Potentilla erecta

Anemone nemorosa
Ficaria verna
Stellaria holostea
Stellaria media

Geranium sylvaticum
Lathyrus pratensis
Scrophularia nodosa
Oxalis acetosella

Teucrium scorodonia
Silene dioica
Calluna vulgaris
Vaccinium myrtillus

Quercus robur
Salix caprea
Fraxinus excelsior

Possible Food:
(Larva)
(Polyphagous)
Senecio
Epilobium

Parasitoids:
Campoletis varians Larva

Other Possible Parasitoids:
Many Ichneumonidae Larvae
Many Braconidae Larvae
Several Tachinidae Larvae

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Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
(Winter)	April - June (Earliest: 11.5)	?	May - August (Earliest: 17.7)

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows	Meadows	Heath and Moorland
Food: (Larva) (Polyphagous)	Anthriscus sylvestris	Chaerophyllum temulum	Filipendula ulmaria	Potentilla erecta
	Anemone nemorosa	Ficaria verna	Stellaria holostea	Stellaria media
	Geranium sylvaticum	Lathyrus pratensis	Scrophularia nodosa	Oxalis acetosella
	Teucrium scorodonia	Silene dioica	Calluna vulgaris	Vaccinium myrtillus
	Quercus robur	Salix caprea	Fraxinus excelsior
Possible Food: (Larva) (Polyphagous)	Senecio	Epilobium
Parasitoids:	Campoletis varians Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Many Ichneumonidae Larvae	Many Braconidae Larvae	Several Tachinidae Larvae