Lepidoptera Family Hyberniida Moths
Passing over the family Ligiida, which contains only one British moth, the Horse-chestnut, we come to the small but interesting family, Hyberniida.
Of this we have six species, five of which favour us during the bleakest months of the year. Two of them visit us in October and November, and even remain with us up to Christmas. The others follow closely on them, and may be seen from January to March.
The males have slender bodies, and their wings are full and without angles; but the females are either perfectly or nearly wingless. In three cases there is hardly a trace of wings in this sex, so that they look more like spiders than moths.
The caterpillars are long and slender and without humps, and all feed on the leaves of trees. They change to the chrysalis state under the ground.