Species Details

ABH: 70.068

BF: 1748

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Mesoleuca albicillata

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Beautiful Carpet

Account: Common in open broad-leaved woodland and mature hedgerows throughout much of England, Wales and southern Scotland Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Bramble, Dewberry, Raspberry and Hazel, 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: 34 — 38 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 4 May (2011) — 5 Aug (1995)

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

Foodplant: Fragaria vesca (Wild Strawberry), Rubus fruticosus., Rubus idaeus (Raspberry).

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/mesoleuca-albicillata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 69

Individuals: 17

Earliest Year: 1864

Latest Year: 2011

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