Water Carpet - Lampropteryx suffumata
Wingspan 25 to 32 mm. Quite a handsome brown marked species. A number of variations or aberrations occur.
It can be found in woodland, grassy areas, chalk downland and scrubland.
A spring flying species, the adults of this moth are on the wing in April and May.
The larvae feed on Bedstraw.
It is fairly well distributed and reasonably common over most of Britain. In a recent survey to determine the status of all macro moths in Britain this species was classified as common.
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = A (common and resident).
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
19 April 2016
Adrian Russell
Martinshaw Wood
23 April 2010
Mark Skevington
Martinshaw Wood
23 April 2010
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Species profile
- Common names
- Water Carpet
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Geometridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 81
- First record:
- 01/01/1998 (Adrian Russell)
- Last record:
- 16/03/2024 (Wright, David)
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Annie Smith
Charnwood Lodge
04 May 2016
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent
15 March 2022
Margaret McLoughlin
Charnwood Lodge NR
11 April 2017
