Species Details

ABH: 70.057

BF: 1735

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Catarhoe rubidata

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Ruddy Carpet

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) on downland, embankments, scrub and sea cliffs in parts of southern England Unmistakable when fresh. Larva feeds on Lady's Bedstraw and Hedge Bedstraw, over-wintering as a pupa.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 26 — 31 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 11 Jun (1977) — 8 Aug (2002)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Galium sp.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/catarhoe-rubidata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 40

Individuals: 11

Earliest Year: 1867

Latest Year: 2020

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