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Common Name		Latin Name		Food plant(s)		Description
Ruddy Carpet		Catarhoe rubidata		Lady's bedstraw, hedge bedstraw		Light grey or greyish-brown with paler markings, black dorsal line. Southern England and Wales
Royal Mantle		Caterhoe cuculata		Lady's bedstraw, hedge bedstraw		Pale yellow or yellowish-green, two broad purplish or black stripes subdorsally. Southern England and East Anglia, also in Perth, Fife and the Burren in Ireland
Small Argent and Sable		Epirrhoe tristata		Heath bedstraw		Reddish-brown, thin dark brown dorsal line and broader pale brown stripe subdorsally. Northern and western areas
Common Carpet		Epirrhoe alternata		Hedge bedstraw, goosegrass and lady's bedstraw		Shades of brown. Lighter coloured chevrons and pale stripes subdorsally. Widely distributed
Wood Carpet		Epirrhoe rivata		Lady's bedstraw, hedge bedstraw		Light or greyish-brown, paler chevrons on the back. Much of southern England on scrubby land
Galium Carpet		Epirrhoe galiata		Lady's bedstraw, hedge bedstraw		Light brown, dark brown dorsal line. Coastal
Many-lined		Costaconvexa polygrammata		Bedstraws		Reddish-brown, pale dorsal and subdorsal lines. Extinct resident.
Yellow Shell		Camptogramma bilineata		Chickweed, docks and grasses		Pale bluish-green with yellow tint, darker green dorsal line bordered by whitish-green, more pale lines along back and sides. Widely distributed
Yellow-ringed Carpet		Entephria flavinctata		Stonecrop, saxifrage and roseroot		Green or reddish-brown, blackish chevron markings centred with pink and yellow, body rough and wrinkled, many small tubercles each with a short bristle. Ireland, western Scotland, Yorkshire Dales and Hereford
Grey Mountain Carpet		Entephria caesiata		Heather, bilberry, sallow		Green or reddish-brown, dark brown chevrons centred with lilac, yellowish-orange along the middle. Northern parts of Britain
Mallow		Larentia clavaria		Common mallow, marsh mallow and hollyhock		Light green, black spiracles, tiny white bristled tubercles. Most of England and Wales
Shoulder Stripe		Anticlea badiata		Dog rose, sweet briar		Green or olive-brown, tiny white tubercles, pale underparts. Widely distributed
Streamer		Anticlea derivata		Dog rose		Yellowish-green, reddish-brown dorsal marks. Most of the British Isles
Beautiful Carpet		Mesoleuca albicillata		Bramble and raspberry		Dark green, pinkish chevrons bordered with brown. Widespread
Dark Spinnach		Pelurga comitata		Gorsefoot and orache		Greyish-brown, marked with blackish mottling, pale wavy spiracular line. Widely distributed

Water Carpet		Lampropteryx suffumata		Hedge bedstraw, goosegrass and lady's bedstraw		Pale brown marked with dark brown chevrons. Most of Britain in woods and scrubland
Devon Carpet		Lampropteryx otregiata		Marsh bedstraw, fen bedstraw		Shades of brown, white dorsal line, ring of small dark tubercles on the middle segments. South-western England and in Wales
Purple Bar		Cosmorhoe ocellata		Hedge bedstraw and marsh bedstraw		Light or pinkish-brown, pale spiracular line, paler chevron markings. Widespread
Striped Twin-spot Carpet		Nebula salicata		Heath bedstraw		Northern and western moorlands of Britain
Pheonix		Eulithis prunata		Black currant, red currant and gooseberry		Green or greyish-brown, reddish-brown chevrons, swelling on the third segment. Widespread
Chevron		Eulithis testata		Sallows, aspen, birch and creeping willow		Light ochreous, dark dorsal line. Widespread
Northern Spinach		Eulithis populata		Bilberry		Green, brown markings, dark ring on swelling on third segment. Western and northern parts of Britain
Spinach		Eulithis mellinata		Black currant, red currant		Pale green, yellow tint between segments, white spiracles. England and Wales, local in Scotland
Barred Straw		Eulithis pyrliata		Goosegrass		Bluish-green, darker green dorsal line, whitish stripe subdorsally. Widespread
Small Pheonix		Ecliptopera silaceata		Rosebay willowherb		Green, darker dorsal line. England and Wales
Red-green Carpet		Chlorocysta siterata		Oak, birch, rowan		Yellowish-green, pink dashes along dorsal line. Most parts of Britain
Autumn Green Carpet		Chlorocysta miata		Birch and sallow		Yellowish-green, darker green dorsal line. Widely distributed, rare in the south-east
Dark Marbled Carpet		Chlorocysta citrata		Bilberry, birch, sallow, wild strawberry and other plants		Green, yellow between segments, darker green dorsal line bordered with pale green, whitish subdorsal lines. Most parts of Britain
Arran Carpet		Chlorocysta concinnata		Heather and bilberry		Green with dark green dorsal line, whitish stripe subdorsally, pink to purple markings. Isle of Arran, Kintyre, Buteshire and South Uist
Common Marbled Carpet		Chlorocysta truncata		Sallow, birch, bilberry, dock, bramble and other plants		Green, dark green dorsal line, pinkish-purple markings. Widespread
Barred Yellow		Cidaria fulvata		Dog rose		Green, yellow between segments, fine white linesalong the back, ridges on first two segments. Widespread