Species Details

ABH: 70.046

BF: 1719

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Orthonama vittata

Authority: (Borkhausen, 1794)

Vernacular: Oblique Carpet

Account: Local in fens, water meadows, damp woodland, marshes and river-banks throughout much of the British Isles, a species of conservation concern under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan The most likely confusion species is Oblique Striped Phibalapteryx virgata, which see for differences. Larva feeds on Marsh Bedstraw and Heath Bedstraw.

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 — 27 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 22 May (1933) — 8 Sep (1924)

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

Foodplant: Galium palustre (Marsh-bedstraw), Galium saxatile (Heath Bedstraw), Galium sp.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP: BAP(R)

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/orthonama-vittata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 17

Individuals: 8

Earliest Year: 1914

Latest Year: 2005

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