Geometridae : Larentiinae
Ruddy Carpet
CATARHOE rubidata ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
Ruddy Carpet
CATARHOE rubidata ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 26-31mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Greece,Ireland & most Mediterranean Islands : Middle East
UK Distribution: England - small numbers from scattering of sites in south,Isle of Wight,Cornwall & Devon to Kent,northwards to Leicestershire. Wales - present in eastern half : Channel Isles - local and occasional.
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Downland : Hedgerows : Field Margins : Sea-cliffs
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: Moth is unmistakable when fresh with its dull pink to pinkish-brown forewings. The basal area is greyish with a wide black band face outwards. The median area is basically grey. The antemedian line is fairly straight,turning at 90º just before the costa and is edged with a dark black band facing outwards. The black postmedian line is fairly straight from the costa half way across the forewing changing to a scalloped line to the dorsum and is edged with a black band facing inwards just below half way across the forewing.The pale subterminal line is serrated.
The moth is a nationally scarce species having declined considerably since the 1940's.
The moth is attracted to light and occasionally sugar.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Greece,Ireland & most Mediterranean Islands : Middle East
UK Distribution: England - small numbers from scattering of sites in south,Isle of Wight,Cornwall & Devon to Kent,northwards to Leicestershire. Wales - present in eastern half : Channel Isles - local and occasional.
UK Conservation Status -
- Nationally Scarce B (Nb - BAP : 1997) = 31 - 100 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Geometra) rubidata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Cidaria basochesiata Duponchel, 1830
- Austria - near Vienna
Habitat: Downland : Hedgerows : Field Margins : Sea-cliffs
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: Moth is unmistakable when fresh with its dull pink to pinkish-brown forewings. The basal area is greyish with a wide black band face outwards. The median area is basically grey. The antemedian line is fairly straight,turning at 90º just before the costa and is edged with a dark black band facing outwards. The black postmedian line is fairly straight from the costa half way across the forewing changing to a scalloped line to the dorsum and is edged with a black band facing inwards just below half way across the forewing.The pale subterminal line is serrated.
The moth is a nationally scarce species having declined considerably since the 1940's.
The moth is attracted to light and occasionally sugar.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website
where further information like photos,physical
characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal
uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
- Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Rubiaceae - Bedstraw Family
- Galium mullugo - Hedge Bedstraw
- Galium odoratum - Sweet Woodruff
- Galium sylvaticum - Wood Bedstraw
- Galium verum - Lady's Bedstraw
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometroidea Geometridae Larentiinae Xanthorhoini CATARHOE Herbulot 1951 Catarhoe rubidata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Cidaria basochesiata Duponchel, 1830 - PHALAENA (Geometra) rubidata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend : Title Page : p.113 - n.22 - Austria - near Vienna - C. r. bahrama Wiltshire, 1952. C. r. elbursica Wiltshire, 1952. C. r. fumata (Eversmann, 1844) - far eastern part of Europe - extensive smoky covering C. r. hortulanaria Staudinger, 1879. C. r. rubidata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) - nominate subspecies - C. r. f.derufata Lempke, 1950 - pink on forewing replaced by greyish hue C. r. f.albescens Lempke, 1950 - widely suffused with white |