Species Details

ABH: 70.062

BF: 1739

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Epirrhoe rivata

Authority: (Hübner, [1813])

Vernacular: Wood Carpet

Account: Local in woodland rides and edges, thickets, copses, mature hedgerows, embankments and scrubby downland throughout much of England and Wales The most likely confusion species is Common Carpet E. alternata but banding on hindwing is almost absent in Wood Carpet, but forms a continuation of the banding on the forewing in Common Carpet. 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: 28 — 34 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 7 Jun (2008) — 14 Aug (2024)

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

Foodplant: Galium mollugo, Galium verum (Lady's Bedstraw).

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/epirrhoe-rivata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 33

Individuals: 5

Earliest Year: 1882

Latest Year: 2024

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