Pale Brindled Beauty Moth Phigalia pilosaria (Apocheima pilosaria)

Pale Brindled Beauty Moth
Pale Brindled Beauty Moth
Looking like a triangular Willow Beauty moth but with a full head of hair, this moth flies from late December through to March. Like several winter moths (eg Winter Moth and Mottled Umber), only the males fly, seeking the wingless females on tree trunks.
Pale Brindled Beauty Moth
Perfectly camouflaged on tree trunk by day. Wingspan 35-40mm.