Photo © Keith Tailby
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
Coenotephria salicata
Checklist Number70.102 [B&F: 1753]
Verification
Record will normally be accepted but photo evidence may be required - check with CMR if not sure of identity
Classification
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Larentiinae |
| Genus: | Coenotephria |
| Species: | salicata |
| Authority: | (Hübner, [1799]) |
Common on moorland, especially where there are rocky areas, open woodland, sand-dunes and upland grassland, in Scotland and western England, but rare in the south-west. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 29-31 mm. The main confusion species is f. thules of Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata, which has dorsal half of central band absent. Larva feeds on Bedstraw, over-wintering in a cocoon.
