Species Details

ABH: 70.053

BF: 1722

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Xanthorhoe designata

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1767)

Vernacular: Flame Carpet

Account: Common in damp woodland and hedgerows throughout the British Isles. The only likely confusion species is Red Carpet X. decoloraria, which has a sinuous outer edge to the central cross-band, in Flame Carpet the outer edge of the central cross-band is dentate, with two distinct projections. Larva feeds on certain Cruciferae, 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: 25 — 28 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 18 Apr (2011) — 27 Sep (1994)

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

Foodplant: Brassica napus (Rape), Brassica oleracea (Wild Cabbage).

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/xanthorhoe-designata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 657

Individuals: 536

Earliest Year: 1893

Latest Year: 2025

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