Species Details

ABH: 70.084

BF: 1766

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Plemyria rubiginata

=Plemyria rubiginata plumbata

=Plemyria rubiginata rubiginata

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Blue-bordered Carpet

Account: Common but nowhere numerous, in damp woodland, hedgerows, scrub, orchards and gardens throughout lowland England and Wales. Combination of white ground colour and blue-grey terminal band is distinctive. Larva feeds on Alder and Blackthorn, with which it appears to be particularly associated In southern England, 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: 22 — 28 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 Jun (2011) — 25 Aug (1983)

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

Foodplant: Alnus glutinosa (Alder), Betula sp. (a birch), Malus sp. (an apple), Prunus sp., Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn).

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/plemyria-rubiginata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 328

Individuals: 53

Earliest Year: 1900

Latest Year: 2025

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