Species Details

ABH: 70.065

BF: 1794

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Euphyia unangulata

Authority: (Haworth, 1809)

Vernacular: Sharp-angled Carpet

Account: Local in woodland and hedgerows throughout southern England; fairly widespread and common across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 27-30 mm. The most likely confusion species is the much less common Cloaked Carpet E. biangulata, which differs in having irregularly-dentate outer edge of dark cross-band. Larva feeds on several species of chickweed and stitchwort, 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: 27 — 30 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 14 May (1965) — 8 Sep (1990)

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

Foodplant: Stellaria 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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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/euphyia-unangulata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 338

Individuals: 146

Earliest Year: 1883

Latest Year: 2024

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