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CARPETS -GEOMETRIDAE LARENTIINAE

: NAME: NAME: Autumnal Moth – Epirrita autumnata / WINGSPAN: 42mm / FLIGHT TIME: September-October / HABITAT: Heaths and Woods/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Birch and Alder /

: NAME: NAME: Camptogramma bilineata – Yellow Shell / WINGSPAN: 20-25mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-August / HABITAT: Prefers Damper Areas / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Low-growing Plants, Including Chickweed and Sorrel /

: NAME: NAME: Camptogramma bilineata – Yellow Shell / WINGSPAN: 20-25mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-August / HABITAT: Prefers Damper Areas / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Low-growing Plants, Including Chickweed and Sorrel /

: NAME: NAME: Camptogramma bilineata – Yellow Shell / WINGSPAN: 20-25mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-August / HABITAT: Prefers Damper Areas / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Low-growing Plants, Including Chickweed and Sorrel /

: NAME: NAME: Camptogramma bilineata – Yellow Shell / WINGSPAN: 20-25mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-August / HABITAT: Prefers Damper Areas / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Low-growing Plants, Including Chickweed and Sorrel /

: NAME: NAME: Chloroclysta cirata – Dark Marbled Carpet / WINGSPAN: 25-30mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-August / HABITAT: Moorland and Woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Willow and Bilberry /

: NAME: NAME: Chloroclysta cirata – Dark Marbled Carpet / WINGSPAN: 25-30mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-August / HABITAT: Moorland and Woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Willow and Bilberry /

: NAME: NAME: Chloroclysta siterata – Red-green Carpet / WINGSPAN: 30-36mm / FLIGHT TIME: September-October and again in early Spring / HABITAT: Mainly Woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Oak and Rowen /

: NAME: NAME: Chloroclysta siterata – Red-green Carpet / WINGSPAN: 30-36mm / FLIGHT TIME: September-October and again in early Spring / HABITAT: Mainly Woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Oak and Rowen /

: NAME: NAME: Colostygia pectinataria – Green Carpet / WINGSPAN: 22-27mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-July / HABITAT: Heaths, Mosses and Woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraw /

: NAME: NAME: Colostygia pectinataria – Green Carpet / WINGSPAN: 22-27mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-July / HABITAT: Heaths, Mosses and Woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraw /

: NAME: NAME: Colostygia pectinataria – Green Carpet / WINGSPAN: 22-27mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-July / HABITAT: Heaths, Mosses and Woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraw /

: NAME: NAME: Colostygia pectinataria – Green Carpet / WINGSPAN: 22-27mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-July / HABITAT: Heaths, Mosses and Woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraw /

: NAME: NAME: Colostygia pectinataria – Green Carpet / WINGSPAN: 22-27mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-July / HABITAT: Heaths, Mosses and Woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraw /

: NAME: NAME: Cosmorhoe ocellata – Purple Bar / WINGSPAN: 20-25mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-August / HABITAT: Where the foodplant is present / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraw /

: NAME: Cidaria fulvata – Barred Yellow / WINGSPAN: 27mm / FLIGHT TIME: Jun-Aug / HABITAT: widespread various / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Dog Rose, Burnet Rose

: NAME: Cidaria fulvata – Barred Yellow / WINGSPAN: 27mm / FLIGHT TIME: Jun-Aug / HABITAT: widespread various / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Dog Rose, Burnet Rose

: NAME: Dysstroma truncata – Common Marbled Carpet / WINGSPAN: 14-19mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June and Aug-October / HABITAT: Varied / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Woody plants /

: NAME: Dysstroma truncata – Common Marbled Carpet / WINGSPAN: 14-19mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June and Aug-October / HABITAT: Varied / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Woody plants /

: NAME: Dysstroma truncata – Common Marbled Carpet / WINGSPAN: 14-19mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June and Aug-October / HABITAT: Varied / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Woody plants /

: NAME: Dysstroma truncata – Common Marbled Carpet / WINGSPAN: 14-19mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June and Aug-October / HABITAT: Varied / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Woody plants /

: NAME: Dysstroma truncata – Common Marbled Carpet / WINGSPAN: 14-19mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June and Aug-October / HABITAT: Varied / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Woody plants /

: NAME: Dysstroma truncata – Common Marbled Carpet / WINGSPAN: 14-19mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June and Aug-October / HABITAT: Varied / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Woody plants /

: NAME: Dysstroma truncata – Common Marbled Carpet / WINGSPAN: 14-19mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June and Aug-October / HABITAT: Varied / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Woody plants /

: NAME: Dysstroma truncata – Common Marbled Carpet / WINGSPAN: 14-19mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June and Aug-October / HABITAT: Varied / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Woody plants /

: NAME: Dysstroma truncata – Common Marbled Carpet / WINGSPAN: 14-19mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June and Aug-October / HABITAT: Varied / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Woody plants /

: NAME: Dysstroma truncata – Common Marbled Carpet / WINGSPAN: 14-19mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June and Aug-October / HABITAT: Varied / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Woody plants /

: NAME: Dysstroma truncata – Common Marbled Carpet / WINGSPAN: 14-19mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June and Aug-October / HABITAT: Varied / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Woody plants /

: NAME: Dysstroma truncata – Common Marbled Carpet / WINGSPAN: 14-19mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June and Aug-October / HABITAT: Varied / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Woody plants /

: NAME: NAME: Ecliptopera silaceata – Small Pheonix / WINGSPAN: 23-27mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-July and August-September as second generation / HABITAT: Woodland and open habitats/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Willowherbs /

: NAME: Ecliptopera silaceata – Small Pheonix / WINGSPAN: 23-27mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-July and August-September as second generation / HABITAT: Woodland and open habitats/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Willowherbs /

: NNAME: Ecliptopera silaceata – Small Pheonix / WINGSPAN: 23-27mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-July and August-September as second generation / HABITAT: Woodland and open habitats/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Willowherbs /

: NAME: Ecliptopera silaceata – Small Pheonix / WINGSPAN: 23-27mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-July and August-September as second generation / HABITAT: Woodland and open habitats/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Willowherbs /

: NAME: Ecliptopera silaceata – Small Pheonix / WINGSPAN: 23-27mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-July and August-September as second generation / HABITAT: Woodland and open habitats/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Willowherbs /

: NAME: Electrophaes corylata – Broken-barred Carpet / WINGSPAN: 22-30mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June / HABITAT: Woodland, Scrubland and Bushy Places / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Foliage of a Range of Trees and Bushes /

: NAME: Epirhoe alternata – Common Carpet / WINGSPAN: 20-25mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June and August-Sept in two generations / HABITAT: Wide Range of Habitats / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws /

: NAME: Epirhoe alternata – Common Carpet / WINGSPAN: 20-25mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June and August-Sept in two generations / HABITAT: Wide Range of Habitats / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws /

: NAME: Epirhoe alternata – Common Carpet / WINGSPAN: 20-25mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June and August-Sept in two generations / HABITAT: Wide Range of Habitats / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws /

: NAME: Epirhoe alternata – Common Carpet / WINGSPAN: 20-25mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June and August-Sept in two generations / HABITAT: Wide Range of Habitats / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws /

: NAME: Epirhoe alternata – Common Carpet / WINGSPAN: 20-25mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June and August-Sept in two generations / HABITAT: Wide Range of Habitats / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws /

: NAME: Epirhoe alternata – Common Carpet / WINGSPAN: 20-25mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June and August-Sept in two generations / HABITAT: Wide Range of Habitats / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws /

: NAME: Epirrita dilutata – November Moth / WINGSPAN: 38-44mm / FLIGHT TIME: Sept-November / HABITAT: Wide Range of Habitats / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Variety of Trees and Shrubs /

: NAME: Epirrita dilutata – November Moth / WINGSPAN: 38-44mm / FLIGHT TIME: Sept-November / HABITAT: Wide Range of Habitats / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Variety of Trees and Shrubs /

: NAME: Epirrita dilutata – November Moth / WINGSPAN: 38-44mm / FLIGHT TIME: Sept-November / HABITAT: Wide Range of Habitats / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Variety of Trees and Shrubs /

: NAME: Eulithis prunata – Phoenix / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-August / HABITAT: Cultivated areas, gardens / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Leaves of Black Currant, Red Currant and related Ribes /

: NAME: Eulithis prunata – Phoenix / WINGSPAN: 30-35mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-August / HABITAT: Cultivated areas, gardens / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Leaves of Black Currant, Red Currant and related Ribes /

: NAME: Eulithis pyraliata – Barred Straw / WINGSPAN: 28-33mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-August / HABITAT: Hedgerows, Gardens, Woodland rides, Scrubby Grassland/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws /

: NAME: Eulithis pyraliata – Barred Straw / WINGSPAN: 28-33mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-August / HABITAT: Hedgerows, Gardens, Woodland rides, Scrubby Grassland/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws /

: NAME: Eulithis pyraliata – Barred Straw / WINGSPAN: 28-33mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-August / HABITAT: Hedgerows, Gardens, Woodland rides, Scrubby Grassland/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws /

: NAME: Eulithis pyraliata – Barred Straw / WINGSPAN: 28-33mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-August / HABITAT: Hedgerows, Gardens, Woodland rides, Scrubby Grassland/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws /

: NAME: Eulithis pyraliata – Barred Straw / WINGSPAN: 28-33mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-August / HABITAT: Hedgerows, Gardens, Woodland rides, Scrubby Grassland/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws /

: NAME: Horisme tersata – The Fern / WINGSPAN: 31-36mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-July / HABITAT: Hedgerows and open woodland mainly on calcareous soils / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Treveller’s Joy /

: NAME: Hydriomena furcata – July Highflyer / WINGSPAN: 23-30mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-Aug / HABITAT: Hedgerows and woodland margins / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Willow and Bilberry /

: NAME: Hydriomena furcata – July Highflyer / WINGSPAN: 23-30mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-Aug / HABITAT: Hedgerows and woodland margins / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Willow and Bilberry /

: NAME: Operophtera brumata – Winter Moth / WINGSPAN: 22-28mm / FLIGHT TIME: January-February / HABITAT: Close to Trees and Bushes / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Range of trees and Shrubs, Heather /

: NAME: Operophtera brumata – Winter Moth / WINGSPAN: 22-28mm / FLIGHT TIME: January-February / HABITAT: Close to Trees and Bushes / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Range of trees and Shrubs, Heather /

: NAME: Operophtera brumata – Winter Moth / WINGSPAN: 22-28mm / FLIGHT TIME: January-February / HABITAT: Close to Trees and Bushes / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Range of trees and Shrubs, Heather /

: NAME: Operophtera brumata – Winter Moth / WINGSPAN: 22-28mm / FLIGHT TIME: January-February / HABITAT: Close to Trees and Bushes / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Range of trees and Shrubs, Heather /

: NAME: Operophtera brumata – Winter Moth / WINGSPAN: 22-28mm / FLIGHT TIME: January-February / HABITAT: Close to Trees and Bushes / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Range of trees and Shrubs, Heather /

: NAME: Operophtera brumata – Winter Moth / WINGSPAN: 22-28mm / FLIGHT TIME: January-February / HABITAT: Close to Trees and Bushes / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Range of trees and Shrubs, Heather /

: NAME: Plemyria rubiginata – Blue Bordred Carpet / WINGSPAN: 22-28mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-Aug / HABITAT: Woodland and damp areas / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Alder and Blackthorn /

: NAME: Plemyria rubiginata – Blue Bordred Carpet / WINGSPAN: 22-28mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-Aug / HABITAT: Woodland and damp areas / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Alder and Blackthorn /

: NAME: Thera britannica – Spruce Carpet / WINGSPAN: 18-25mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-July and Sept-October / HABITAT: Wherever Spruce and Douglas Fir are found/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Spruce and Douglas Fir /

: NAME: Thera britannica – Spruce Carpet / WINGSPAN: 18-25mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-July and Sept-October / HABITAT: Wherever Spruce and Douglas Fir are found/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Spruce and Douglas Fir /

: NAME: Thera britannica – Spruce Carpet / WINGSPAN: 18-25mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-July and Sept-October / HABITAT: Wherever Spruce and Douglas Fir are found/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Spruce and Douglas Fir /

: NAME: Thera britannica – Spruce Carpet / WINGSPAN: 18-25mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-July and Sept-October / HABITAT: Wherever Spruce and Douglas Fir are found/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Spruce and Douglas Fir /

: NAME: Thera cupressata – Cypress Carpet/ WINGSPAN: 12-15mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-July and October-November / HABITAT: Wherever foodplant is found/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Monterey Cypress, Leyland Cypress /

: NAME: Thera cupressata – Cypress Carpet/ WINGSPAN: 12-15mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-July and October-November / HABITAT: Wherever foodplant is found/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Monterey Cypress, Leyland Cypress /

: NAME: Thera cupressata – Cypress Carpet/ WINGSPAN: 12-15mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-July and October-November / HABITAT: Wherever foodplant is found/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Monterey Cypress, Leyland Cypress /

: NAME: Thera cupressata – Cypress Carpet/ WINGSPAN: 12-15mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-July and October-November / HABITAT: Wherever foodplant is found/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Monterey Cypress, Leyland Cypress /

: NAME: Thera cupressata – Cypress Carpet/ WINGSPAN: 12-15mm / FLIGHT TIME: June-July and October-November / HABITAT: Wherever foodplant is found/ LARVAL FOODPLANT: Monterey Cypress, Leyland Cypress /

: NAME: Thera juniperata – Juniper Carpet / WINGSPAN: 28mm / FLIGHT TIME: Sept-Nov / HABITAT: Chalk Downs and Gardens / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Junipers

: NAME: Xanthorhoe designata – Flame Carpet / WINGSPAN: 25-28mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June and August / HABITAT: Hedgerows, gardens and woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Rape and Cabbage

: NAME: Xanthorhoe designata – Flame Carpet / WINGSPAN: 25-28mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June and August / HABITAT: Hedgerows, gardens and woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Rape and Cabbage

: NAME: Xanthorhoe fluctuata – Garden Carpet / WINGSPAN: 18-25mm / FLIGHT TIME: April-September / HABITAT: Almost anywhere / LARVAL FOODPLANT: various Cruciferae, including Garlic Mustard, Shepherd’s-purse, Hairy Bitter-cress and Cabbage /

: NAME: Xanthorhoe fluctuata – Garden Carpet / WINGSPAN: 18-25mm / FLIGHT TIME: April-September / HABITAT: Almost anywhere / LARVAL FOODPLANT: various Cruciferae, including Garlic Mustard, Shepherd’s-purse, Hairy Bitter-cress and Cabbage /

: NAME: Xanthorhoe montanata – Silver-ground Carpet / WINGSPAN: 24-28mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June / HABITAT: Woodland Clearings and Similar habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws /

: NAME: Xanthorhoe montanata – Silver-ground Carpet / WINGSPAN: 24-28mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June / HABITAT: Woodland Clearings and Similar habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws /

: NAME: Xanthorhoe montanata – Silver-ground Carpet / WINGSPAN: 24-28mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June / HABITAT: Woodland Clearings and Similar habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws /

: NAME: Xanthorhoe montanata – Silver-ground Carpet / WINGSPAN: 24-28mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June / HABITAT: Woodland Clearings and Similar habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws /

: NAME: Xanthorhoe montanata – Silver-ground Carpet / WINGSPAN: 24-28mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June / HABITAT: Woodland Clearings and Similar habitat / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws /

: NAME: Xanthorhoe spadicearia – Red Twin-spot Carpet / WINGSPAN: 24-27mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-August / HABITAT: Gardens, woodland, hedgerows, downs, fens, moors and sand-dunes / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws, Knotgrass /

: NAME: Xanthorhoe spadicearia – Red Twin-spot Carpet / WINGSPAN: 24-27mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-August / HABITAT: Gardens, woodland, hedgerows, downs, fens, moors and sand-dunes / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws, Knotgrass /

: NAME: Xanthorhoe spadicearia – Red Twin-spot Carpet / WINGSPAN: 24-27mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-August / HABITAT: Gardens, woodland, hedgerows, downs, fens, moors and sand-dunes / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws, Knotgrass /

: NAME: Xanthorhoe spadicearia – Red Twin-spot Carpet / WINGSPAN: 24-27mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-August / HABITAT: Gardens, woodland, hedgerows, downs, fens, moors and sand-dunes / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws, Knotgrass /

: NAME: Xanthorhoe spadicearia – Red Twin-spot Carpet / WINGSPAN: 24-27mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-August / HABITAT: Gardens, woodland, hedgerows, downs, fens, moors and sand-dunes / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws, Knotgrass /

: NAME: Xanthorhoe spadicearia – Red Twin-spot Carpet / WINGSPAN: 24-27mm / FLIGHT TIME: July-August / HABITAT: Gardens, woodland, hedgerows, downs, fens, moors and sand-dunes / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Bedstraws, Knotgrass /