Species Details

ABH: 70.208

BF: 1888

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Ligdia adustata

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Scorched Carpet

Account: Local in broad-leaved woodland, scrub, hedgerows and gardens throughout much of southern England, especially where there are calcareous soils Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Spindle, and on Evergreen Spindle in gardens, 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: 25 — 30 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 Mar (2024) — 5 Sep (2014)

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

Foodplant: Euonymus europaeus (Spindle).

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/ligdia-adustata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 572

Individuals: 163

Earliest Year: 1886

Latest Year: 2025

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