Family: Geometridae
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1715 Plain Wave Idaea stramonata Wingspan 28-33mm
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© Peter Clarke
Status: Resident, local, thinly distributed
Habitat: Open woodland, hedgerows, rough grassland

Laval Food Plant:

 Dandelion, Knotgrass, Sallows
Overwinters: As a larva, pupates among plant debris

Flight Period

1716 The Vestal Rhodometra sacraria Wingspan 22-28mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Immigrant, annual and fairly frequent visitor to Britain
Habitat: Warm open sunny places

Laval Food Plant:

 Knotgrass, Docks
Overwinters: Unable to overwinter, breeds in Southern Europe and North Africa

Flight Period

1718 Oblique Striped Phibalapteryx virgata Wingspan 22-25mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, Nationally Scarce B in South Britain and Breckland of Norfolk & Suffolk
Habitat: Coastal sandhills, limestone and chalk downlands

Laval Food Plant:

 Lady's Bedstraw
Overwinters: As a pupa in a cocoon on the surface of the ground among plant debris

Flight Period

1719 Oblique Carpet Orthonama vittata Wingspan 23-26mm
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Photo © Keith Naylor
Status: Resident, local but thinly distributed in many parts of Britain
Habitat: Fens, marshes, bogs, water meadows, ditches

Laval Food Plant:

 Marsh Bedstraw, Heath Bedstraw
Overwinters: As a larva

Flight Period

1720 The Gem Orthonama obstipata Wingspan 18-21
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Immigrant, numbers vary each year
Habitat: Warm open sunny places

Laval Food Plant:

 In captivity will eat wide range of herbaceous plants
Overwinters: Unable to overwinter, breeds in Southern Europe and North Africa

Flight Period

1722 Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata Wingspan 25-28mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common
Habitat: Upland grassland, moorland, hedgerows, downland

Laval Food Plant:

 Wallfowers and other plants of the Cabbage family
Overwinters: As a pupa

Flight Period

1724 Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia Wingspan 24-27
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common
Habitat: Woodland, gardens, coastal sand dunes, fens, moorland

Laval Food Plant:

 Bedstraws, Ground Ivy, Wild Carrot
Overwinters: As a pupa in a cocoon formed among plant debris

Flight Period

1725 Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe ferrugata Wingspan 18-22mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common
Habitat: Woodland, gardens, coastal sand dunes, fens, moorland

Laval Food Plant:

 Bedstraws, Dock, Ground Ivy
Overwinters: As a pupa in a cocoon formed among plant debris

Flight Period

1726 Large Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata Wingspan 29-32mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common
Habitat: Damp broadleaf woodland, fenland carr, scrubby heathland

Laval Food Plant:

 Herbaceous plants, Bedstraws, Primroses, Violets
Overwinters: As a small larva, pupates in loose earth

Flight Period

1727 Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata Wingspan 24-28mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, abundant throughout Britain
Habitat: Damp places, tall herbaceous vegetation, scrub, fens, gardens

Laval Food Plant:

 Herbaceous plants, Bedstraws, Primroses, Violets
Overwinters: As a larva, pupates in a cocoon in loose earth

Flight Period

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