GEOMETRIDAE | Larentiinae | Trichopterygini

70.202 Trichopteryx carpinata (Early Tooth-striped)

fw: 13-18mm; Apr-May; Sallows (Salix spp), birches (Betula spp), honeysuckle  (Lonicera spp), alder (Alnus glutinosa); common in England, Wales and lowland Scotland.
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Trichopteryx carpinata (EarlyTooth-striped) §1 male
ID: Most often pale grey with indistinct cross-lines. Sometimes brownish-grey or greenish-grey and sometimes median and postmedian cross-lines more distinct. Lobophora alternata (Seraphim) averages smaller (fw: 12-15mm) and has a distinct grey basal cross-line.
  • Variation
  • Dissection
  • Male genitalia
  • Female genitalia
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§1 Exmoor, Devon; 11/04/2009; male
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 18/04/2011; male; fw 15.3mm
§3 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire; 05/05/2013; female
​§4 Dartmoor, Devon; 05/04/2014; male; fw 16.3mm
§5 Dartmoor, Devon; 05/04/2014; male; fw 16.0mm
§6 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 11/04/2016; female; fw 15.2mm
§7 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 11/04/2016; male; fw 15.4mm
§8 Inveruglas, Argyll; 23/04/2016; male; fw 16.7mm
§9 Inveruglas, Argyll; 24/04/2016
​§10 Braemar, Aberdeenshire; 10/05/2016
All images © Chris Lewis
§11 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 19/04/2021; male; fw 14.4mm
§12 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 26/04/2021; female; fw 15.7mm
§13 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 18/03/2024
Page published 02/03/2014 (§1-3) | §4&5 added 05/05/2014 | §6&7 added 14/02/2017 | §8-10 added 26/06/2017 | §11&12 added 02/06/2021 |
​§13 added 24/03/2024