70.103 Lampropteryx suffumata (Water Carpet)
fw: 14-17mm; Apr-May; bedstraws and cleavers (Galium spp); common throughout GB
Lampropteryx suffumata (Water Carpet) §1
ID: There are 5 species of carpet that have forewings with a brown basal fascia edged white distally and a brown central cross-band edged white proximally and distally. L.suffumata is characterised by a shiny texture, the acute indentations of the proximal margin of the central cross-band and a double-pointed projection from the distal margin of the central cross-band. L.otregiata (Devon Carpet) has a similar double-pointed projection but is smaller (fw 12-14mm); it has a more or less straight costal 1/3 of the distal margin of the central cross-band of the forewing; the proximal margin of the central cross-band is irregular but does not show the sharply-pointed indentations seen in L.suffumata. Ecliptopera silaceata (Small Phoenix) lacks any significant projection from the distal margin of the central cross-band and shows a subterminal series of dentate interneural blotches. Eulithis prunata (Phoenix) is larger (fw 17-19mm) and flies later (Jul-Aug). Electrophaes corylata (Broken-barred Carpet) has a narrower central cross-band which is usually pinched or separated into two parts at the junction of the costal 2/3 with the dorsal 1/3.
Form piceata (of L.suffumata) has much of the pale marking replaced with dark brown though the general pattern is still discernible.
Form porritii has a blackish-brown median facia contrasting with a pale ground colour.
Female genitalia: the antrum is almost quadrate (distinctly transverse in L.otregiata)
Form piceata (of L.suffumata) has much of the pale marking replaced with dark brown though the general pattern is still discernible.
Form porritii has a blackish-brown median facia contrasting with a pale ground colour.
Female genitalia: the antrum is almost quadrate (distinctly transverse in L.otregiata)
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§1 Derby Dales, Derbyshire; 03/04/2008; fw 16.7mm
§2 Derby Dales, Derbyshire; 03/04/2008; fw 16.4mm §3 Derby Dales, Derbyshire; 03/04/2008; fw 16.5mm §4 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 19/04/2011; male §5 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire; 04/05/2013; male; fw 16.2mm §6 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 11/04/2016; male; fw 16.3mm; to light §7 Struy, Inverness-shire; 01/05/2016 §8 Struy, Inverness-shire; 01/05/2016 §9 Braemar, Aberdeenshire; 08/05/2016; male; fw 16.3mm; f. piceata All images © Chris Lewis |
§10 Braemar, Aberdeenshire; 09/05/2016; intermediate form?
§11 Braemar, Aberdeenshire; 09/05/2016; male; fw 16.4mm; f.piceata §12 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 19/04/2021; male; fw 14.9mm §13 Dunalastair estate, Perthshire; 04/04/2022; male; fw 16.2mm §14 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 12/05/2022; female; fw 16.2mm |
Page published 14/04/2013 (§1-4) | §5 added 28/08/2013 | §6 added 15/02/2017 | §7-11 added 27/06/2017 | §12 added 04/06/2021 |
§13 added 02/06/2022 | §14 added 008/09/2022
§13 added 02/06/2022 | §14 added 008/09/2022
