Species Details

ABH: 70.102

BF: 1753

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Coenotephria salicata

=Coenotephria salicata latentaria

Authority: (Hübner, [1799])

Vernacular: Striped Twin-spot Carpet

Account: Common on moorland, especially where there are rocky areas, open woodland, sand-dunes and upland grassland, in Scotland and western England, but rare in the south-west. The main confusion species is f. thules of Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata, which has dorsal half of central band absent. Larva feeds on Bedstraw, over-wintering in a cocoon.

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: 29 — 31 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 22 May (1962) — 31 May (1982)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/coenotephria-salicata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 1962

Latest Year: 1982

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