Wood Carpet (Epirrhoe rivata, (Hübner, [1813]))

General Information
Pupates in loose soil.
Overwinters as Overwinters as a pupa.
Both sexes come to light.

Forewing length: 14-16mm.
Foodplant(s): Lady's Bedstraw (Galium verum), Hedge Bedstraw (Galium mollugo)
Flying: One generation, mid June-early August
UK Presence: Resident
National status: Local

Habitat

Woodland margins, chalky downland and grassland.

Regional Information

Recorded in 10 (3.7%) of the 270 2km squares of Huntingdonshire.

Last recorded in June 2008

Recorded date range (Adult): 17 May to 16 August

Similar Species

Great Staughton, July 2011

Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata

Freudenstadt, Germany, August 2013

Sharp-angled Carpet Euphyia unangulata

1739 (ABH70.062) Wood Carpet Epirrhoe rivata, (Hübner, [1813])

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