Species Details

ABH: 70.131

BF: 1809

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Mesotype didymata

=Perizoma didymata didymata

=Perizoma didymata hethlandica

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Twin-spot Carpet

Account: Common on moorland and woodland in the uplands, and on grassland and roadside verges in the lowlands throughout much of Britain and Ireland, but infrequent in southern-eastern England Larva feeds on Bilberry, Heather, Sallow, Greater Stitchwort, Red Campion, Broad-leaved Willowherb, Great Willowherb and Cow Parsley, over-wintering as an egg.

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: 24 — 32 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 3 Jun (1982) — 26 Aug (1988)

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/mesotype-didymata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 81

Individuals: 37

Earliest Year: 1899

Latest Year: 2020

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