053 Xanthorhoe designata (Flame Carpet)

GEOMETRIDAE | Larentiinae | Xanthorhoini

70.053 Xanthorhoe designata (Flame Carpet)

fw: 11-14mm; bivoltine (Apr)May-Jun, Jul-Aug; uncertain; common throughout GB

Xanthorhoe designata (Flame Carpet) §2

ID: Characterised by grey ground colour and pink-red central cross-band of forewing which shows two projections of its distal margin. Variable in depth of pink-red colouration and in extent of black bordering of central cross-band. Grey forms of X.decoloraria (Red Carpet) are similar but show a short diagonal apical streak and usually only one less prominent projection of the distal margin of the central cross-band.

Variation
Dissection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia

§1 Eskdale, Cumbria; 19/08/2007; fw 10.1mm
§2 Eskdale, Cumbria; 20/08/2007; fw 12.3mm
§3 Aberfoyle, Perthshire; 19/08/2008; fw 10.9mm
§4 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 19/04/2011; male
§5 Fersit, Argyll; 28/07/2013; female; fw 12.5mm
§6 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 09/06/2017; male; fw 11.3mm
§7 Loch Rannoch, Perthshire; 15/06/2021; male
§8 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 15/05/2022; male; fw 12.3mm
§9 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 15/05/2022; male
§10 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 10/06/2023; female; fw 11.9mm
All images © Chris Lewis

§11 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; ??/??/2024; male
§12 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; ??/??/2024; male