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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Common and widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation

Flight time: Two generations, Apr-Jun, Jul-Aug.

Forewing: 12-13mm.

Foodplant: Herbaceous plants.

IMPORTANT - Please note that the maps and accounts are provisional, subject to change and further update. The whole dataset still needs to go through the final verification process and it is likely that a very small number of records will not satisfy the present requirements and there are other records that have not been formally submitted. The information is for guidance only.

Record breakdown:

	VC9	VC5	VC11	Region
Year first recorded	1905	2007	1983	1905
Year last recorded	2011	2007	2011	2011
Number of records	2333	1	47	4762
Number of individuals	5162	1	52	10430
Unique positions	283	1	10	588
Unique locations	209	1	9	438
Adult records	2109	1	46	4312
Immature records	0	0	0	0

For the region, we have a total of 4762 records from 438 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1905.

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Species Account

Similar species: 1725 Xanthorhoe ferrugata (Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet).

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A common species in Britain, the larva feeding on lady's bedstraw (Galium verum), goosegrass (Galium aparine), knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare) and other herbaceous low-growing plants. In Dorset, the moth is common to abundant on chalky soils. It is recorded in marsh and river habitat where it is possibly associated with common marsh-bedstraw (Galium palustre) and fen bedstraw (Galium uliginosum); also on clay soils and in nutrient-rich arable land where goosegrass and knotgrass abound, respectively. It is least frequent on open heathland.

Hill, L., 2013:

Very similar to Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet¹⁷²⁵ so care must be taken. For differences see Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet.

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