Species Details

ABH: 70.050

BF: 1721

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Xanthorhoe biriviata

Authority: (Borkhausen, 1794)

Vernacular: Balsam Carpet

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 10 Apr (2007) — 21 Aug (2015)

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

Foodplant: Impatiens capensis (Orange Balsam).

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/xanthorhoe-biriviata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 67

Individuals: 94

Earliest Year: 1956

Latest Year: 2020

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