SCIENTIFIC NAME: LOMOGRAPHA BIMACULATA
VERNACULAR NAME: WHITE SPOTTED PINION

Fig 1
ADULT
Wingspan - 22 - 26mm.  A typical wave-like moth with white fore and hindwings with the only markings made up of 2 broken cross-lines that end as dark spots on the leading edge of each forewing. The hindwings have 1 similar crossline which doesn't end in a dark area.
CHRYSALIS Hibernates as a pupa underground or among plant debris.
LARVA Feeds on Blackthorn and Hawthorn.
EGG Located on foodplants.
BEHAVIOUR Attracted to light.
HABITAT Woodland areas. Common throughout.
FLIGHT PERIOD May - June.

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