Geometridae : Larentiinae
Cloaked Carpet
EUPHYIA biangulata (Haworth, 1809)
Cloaked Carpet
EUPHYIA biangulata (Haworth, 1809)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 31 - 34mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Madeira,Malta,Norway,S Russia,Sardinia & Sicily)
UK Distribution: S W England,Wales north to Isle of Man - found in small numbers - local : East Dorset,Hampshire,Isle of Wight,W Surrey - local - increasing range : Central and Southern Ireland - local : other small numbers recorded in West Midlands,Kent and coast of Essex (MGBI)
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Damp,mossy Woodland : Old banked Hedgerows : Wooded Rocky Ravines
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates in leaf litter
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: A fairly easily recognised moth with the main diagnostic feature being the postmedian line projections into the white area which has two teeth on each projection. Hindwing pale brownish white with darker border.
A nationally scarce B moth according to the UK biodiversity Plan is scattered locally throughout southern England,Wales and southern ireland with other small colonies where the moth is recorded.
The moth cn be disturbed during the day and is attracted to light usually after midnight.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Madeira,Malta,Norway,S Russia,Sardinia & Sicily)
UK Distribution: S W England,Wales north to Isle of Man - found in small numbers - local : East Dorset,Hampshire,Isle of Wight,W Surrey - local - increasing range : Central and Southern Ireland - local : other small numbers recorded in West Midlands,Kent and coast of Essex (MGBI)
UK Conservation Status -
- Nationally Scarce B (Nb - BAP : 1997) = 31 - 100 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena biangulata (Haworth, 1809)
- Geometra picata (Hübner[1813])
- England - vicinity of London
Habitat: Damp,mossy Woodland : Old banked Hedgerows : Wooded Rocky Ravines
Similar Species -
- Fairly Unmistakeable
Pupa: Pupates in leaf litter
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: A fairly easily recognised moth with the main diagnostic feature being the postmedian line projections into the white area which has two teeth on each projection. Hindwing pale brownish white with darker border.
A nationally scarce B moth according to the UK biodiversity Plan is scattered locally throughout southern England,Wales and southern ireland with other small colonies where the moth is recorded.
The moth cn be disturbed during the day and is attracted to light usually after midnight.
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.
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.
- Caryophyllaceae - Pink and Carnation Family
- Cerastium glomeratum - Sticky Chickweed
- Cerastium holosteoides - Common Mouse-Ear Chickweed
- Myosoton aquaticum - Water Chickweed, Giantchickweed
- Stellaria graminea - Lesser Stitchwort
- Stellaria holostea - Greater Stitchwort
- Stellaria media - Chickweed
- Stella nemorum - Wood Stitchwort
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Tribe: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - EUPHYIA: Original Species Name: Nominotypical Subspecies: Literary Ref: Type Locality: Subspecies: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometroidea Geometridae Larentiinae Euphyiini EUPHYIA (Hübner,[1825]) Euphyia biangulata (Haworth, 1809) - Geometra picata (Hübner[1813]) - PHALAENA biangulata (Haworth, 1809) - Phalaena biangulata biangulata (Haworth, 1809) - Lepidoptera Britannica (3): Title Page : p.326/327 - n.31 - England - vicinity of London - E.b.baltica (Prout,1939) - weakly distinguishable E.b.biangulata (Haworth, 1809) - Nominate Subspecies |