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Devon carpet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Lampropteryx
Species: L. otregiata
Binomial name
Lampropteryx otregiata
(Metcalfe, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Cidaria otregiata Metcalfe, 1917

Lampropteryx otregiata, the Devon carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from western Europe (from Scandinavia south to the Alps) to Japan and the Kuril Islands.

The wingspan is 27–30 mm. It is medium-sized , slender, brownish-grey moth. It can resemble several other species, but can be recognized by the presence of several, usually distinct, dark rings in the posterior part of the broad transverse band of the forewings. The forewing is pale brownish-grey, in the middle with a broad, brownish-grey (lighter than in many other species) transverse bands. This is sharply angular and edged with a double, white stripe. In the posterior part of the transverse band there are 3 – 4 dark rings. At the tip of the wing there is a white slash, along the outer edge of the wing some white and dark brown (bicolored) spots. The hind wing is silky white, the hind corner darker. The larva is yellowish-brown, slightly lighter on the posterior joints. The body appears somewhat knotty and has some short, protruding bristles. On the middle dorsal segments, it has U-shaped, dark spots with a dark brown spot in the middle of the U.

There are two generations per year, with adults on wing in May and June and again in August and September.

The larvae feed on Asperula and Galium species (including Galium palustre and Galium uliginosum). Larvae can be found from July to August. It overwinters in the pupal stage.

Subspecies

  • Lampropteryx otregiata otregiata
  • Lampropteryx otregiata dubitatrix (Bryk, 1942)

Similar species

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Metcalfe, J. W. (1917): A new Geometrid moth. The Entomologist 50: 73-74.
  3. Kimber, Ian. "Devon Carpet Lampropteryx otregiata (Metcalfe, 1917)". UKmoths. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  4. Patrice Leraut: Geometrid moths. In: Moths of Europe. 1. Auflage. Band 2. NAP Editions, 2009, ISBN 978-2-913688-09-4 in English

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