Lampropteryx suffumata

Lampropteryx suffumata
Lampropteryx suffumata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Cidariini
Genus: Lampropteryx
Species: L. suffumata
Binomial name
Lampropteryx suffumata
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Geometra suffumata Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Cidaria arctica Sparre-Schneider, 1895

The Water Carpet (Lampropteryx suffumata) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Europe to the Altai Mountains and the Kamchatka Peninsula. The habitat consists of woodland, grassy areas, chalk downland and scrubland.

The wingspan is 25-32 mm.[2] Adults are in wing from March to June in one generation.

The larva feed on Galium species. Larvae can be found from May to June. It overwinters in the pupal stage.

Subspecies

  • Lampropteryx suffumata suffumata
  • Lampropteryx suffumata arctica Sparre-Schneider, 1895

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ UKmoths

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