Geometridae : Larentiinae
Early Tooth-striped
TRICHOPTERYX carpinata (Borkhausen, 1794)
Early Tooth-striped
TRICHOPTERYX carpinata (Borkhausen, 1794)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Windspan: 27-29mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe to Kazakhstan & Western Siberia
UK Distribution: England & Wales - Well distributed but more local in central & eastern England : Scotland - lowland mainland - quite well distributed : Ireland - quite well distributed : Isle of Man - local
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Broadleaved Woodland : Heathland : Fens
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: As an early spring moth it is easy to recognise this species with rounded,elongated forewing in pale to dark,brownish or greenish grey.
The females have a less rounded forewing.
Cross lines are usually feint although in the form fasciata Prout, 1901 they are dark and bold. The hindwings are whitish with small basal lobe on males only.
Although the moth usually flies from dusk thay can be found during the day either resting on tree trunks or posts and fences.
The moth is attracted to light and can be found at the moth trap on occasions in good numbers.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe to Kazakhstan & Western Siberia
UK Distribution: England & Wales - Well distributed but more local in central & eastern England : Scotland - lowland mainland - quite well distributed : Ireland - quite well distributed : Isle of Man - local
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = >300 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena carpinata (Borkhausen, 1794)
- Geometra lobulata Hübner, 1813
- Not Specified
Habitat: Broadleaved Woodland : Heathland : Fens
Similar Species -
- Seraphim Lobophora halterata (Hufnagel, 1767)
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: As an early spring moth it is easy to recognise this species with rounded,elongated forewing in pale to dark,brownish or greenish grey.
The females have a less rounded forewing.
Cross lines are usually feint although in the form fasciata Prout, 1901 they are dark and bold. The hindwings are whitish with small basal lobe on males only.
Although the moth usually flies from dusk thay can be found during the day either resting on tree trunks or posts and fences.
The moth is attracted to light and can be found at the moth trap on occasions in good numbers.
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.
- Betulaceae - The Birch Family
- Alnus glutinosa - Alder
- Betula pendula - Silver Birch
- Betula pubescens - Downy Birch
- Carpinus betulus - Hornbeam
- Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle Family
- Lonicera periclymenum - Wild Honeysuckle
- Salicaceae - Willow Family
- Salix aurita - Eared Sallow
- Salix caprea - Goat Willow
- Populus tremula - Aspen Poplar
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometroidea Geometridae Larentiinae Trichopterygini TRICHOPTERYX Hübner [1825] Trichopteryx carpinata (Borkhausen, 1794) - Geometra lobulata Hübner, [1813] - PHALAENA carpinata (Borkhausen, 1794) = Geometra lobulata Hübner, [1813] - Borkhausen 1792 , Naturgeschichte der Europaischen Schmetterlinge nach Systematischer Ordnung, V5 : Title Page : p.295/296 - n.135 - Not Specified - T.c.f.obscura Lempke, 1950 - forewing blackish grey,normal markings T.c.f.tangens Lempke, 1950 - cross lines touch T.c.f.fasciata Prout, 1901 - antimedial & postmedial lines broad dark grey T.c.f.signata Lempke, 1968 - as above cross lines mid grey |