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- Generally Common / Widespread
- care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely - quality photographs required. Confusion Species: Waved Carpet
ID pointers: Characterised by a pair of blackish spikes projecting from the centre of the post median cross-line. Ground colour is usually a whitish-grey. There is a dark form bradyi, where forewing is a dark-grey and most of the markings are obscured. Waved Carpet (Hydrelia sylvata) is similar but with cross-lines less distinct and lacking the pair of spikes.
Distribution: Despite very few records of this species, it is a resident that is fairly common in the woodlands of the upland gritstone areas, where it can be common amongst the Rowan. Simply under-recorded.
Blue-coded ] moths are not stored on the website at this current time. IMAGES BELOW: Wildboar Clough, Longdendale, Derbyshire 07/07/2023 – Christian Heintzen © / Matlock, Derbyshire 23/06/2005 Graham Finch ©
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