Marbled Green

Cryphia muralis

Local species, occurring mainly on the coasts of southern England and south Wales, also in Southern Ireland.

Mainly nocturnal.

Larva dark grey with a greenish tinge: dorsal line broadly white, sometimes interrupted; a pale line above feet. greenish tinge: dorsal line broadly white, sometimes interrupted; a pale line above feet. 

The Larvae feeds on lichens in these habitats, especially Diploica canescens.

Forewing smooth, unspeckled green, the markings black and prominent: the claviform (club-shaped) and orbicular (round) stigmata coalescing to form a blotch; ab. par Hbn. is grey green, with darker green dusting; the black markings obsolete. — ab. impar Warr.

Adults fly in a single generation during July & August.