Lampropteryx suffumata
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The Water Carpet 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. 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.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Geometridae family. It is found from Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
to the Altai Mountains and the Kamchatka Peninsula
Kamchatka Peninsula
The Kamchatka Peninsula is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of . It lies between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Sea of Okhotsk to the west...
. The habitat consists of woodland, grassy areas, chalk downland and scrubland.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 25-32 mm. Adults are in wing from March to June in one generation.
The larva feed on Galium
Galium
Galium is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, with 617 known species occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Most species are known as bedstraw. G...
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