The Dark Bordered Beauty (Epione vespertaria) is a species of moth in the Geometridae family.
Discription[]
This species is very similar to the Bordered Beauty, but is slightly smaller with a darker border. The wings are orange-yellow, with a dark border on the outer edge, which ranges from purple-orange to brown. Sometimes the base colour is yellow. There are often four small dots on the wings, and a inner crossline which only covers the forewing. In the Bordered Beauty, the angle of this line is much steeper. This species flies from July into August.
Status[]
This species is a Red Data Book species in Britain, and is known from three sites in Britain. They are Aberdeenshire and Iverness-shire in Scotland, and smaller populations in Yorkshire and Northumberland. Individuals sometimes turn up elsewhere.
Larvae[]
The larvea feed on Aspen and Creeping Willow in Britain. They can be seen from May till July.
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