Marbled Green
by Christopher Teague Photography
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.