| Common Name |
|
Latin Name |
|
Food plant(s) |
|
Description |
| Single-dotted
Wave |
|
Idaea dimidiata |
|
Burnet saxifrage and cow parsley |
|
Light brown, dark brown dorsal line, white thoracic
segments. Most of England, Wales, southern Scotland and Ireland |
| Satin
Wave |
|
Idaea subsericata |
|
Plantain, dandelion, dock and knotgrass |
|
Shades of brown, light grey dorsal line bordered
with dark brown, brown blotch on ninth segment. Southern Britain |
| Weaver's
Wave |
|
Idaea contigueria |
|
Heather and crowberry |
|
Light brown, diamond-shaped dark brown markings
along the back. North-west Wales |
| Treble
Brown Spot |
|
Idaea trigeminata |
|
Knotgrass, ivy and plantains |
|
Greyish-brown, lighter ochreous markings, greyish
hairs. Southern England and into south-east Wales |
| Small
Scallop |
|
Idaea emarginata |
|
Bedstraw |
|
Ochreous with whitish-grey dorsal line. Central
and southern England and in Wales |
| Riband
Wave |
|
Idaea aversata |
|
Knotgrass, chickweed, dandelion and dock |
|
Shades of brown or grey with faint dorsal line
and darker cross-shaped markings on the back. Widespread |
| Portland
Ribbon Wave |
|
Idaea degeneraria |
|
Knotgrass, dandelion and dock |
|
Ochreous with brown or russet markings,
cross-shaped markings on middle segments. Portland, Dorset |
| Plain
Wave |
|
Idaea straminata |
|
Knotgrass, dandelion and persicaria |
|
Shades of brown, cross-shaped markings on the
middle segments. Local, but widely distributed |
| Vestal |
|
Rhodometra scararia |
|
Knotgrass |
|
Shades of green, whitish underparts, darker
markings of reddish-brown on the back. Immigrant |
| Oblique
Striped |
|
Phibalapteryx virgata |
|
Lady's bedstraw |
|
Shades of brown, darker central line, greenish-white
below black spiracles. Coastal sandhills of central southern
England and in the Breckland (East Anglia) |
| Oblique
Carpet |
|
Orthonoma vittata |
|
Marsh bedstraw |
|
Brownish-grey, dark dorsal line and pale stripe
bordered by a darker line. Widespread |
| Gem |
|
Orthonoma obstipata |
|
Groundsel, knotgrass and dock |
|
Green or brown (variable) pale underparts, small
grey tubercles at the rear end. Southern coastal counties |
| Balsam Carpet |
|
Xanthorhoe biriviata |
|
Orange balsam |
|
Greyish-green or brownish, black markings. Local
in Middlesex, Surrey, Bucks, north Hampshire, Kent, Berkshire,
Norfolk and Cambridge |
| Flame Carpet |
|
Xanthorhoe designata |
|
Wallflower, cabbage and other species |
|
Blackish-green dorsally, wedge-shaped brownish
markings along the middle of the back. Widespread. |
| Red Carpet |
|
Xanthorhoe munitata |
|
Lady's mantle |
|
Bright green or ochreous, black dorsal markings,
dashed in the middle segments. Northern counties of England,
Wales and Ireland, most of Scotland |
| Red Twin-spot Carpet |
|
Xanthorhoe spadicearia |
|
Lady's bedstraw, goosegrass and knotgrass |
|
Ochreous with dark olive-brown markings. Distributed
throughout |
| Dark-barred Twin-spot
Carpet |
|
Xanthorhoe ferrugata |
|
Dock, dandelion and bedstraw |
|
Shades of ochreous, darker markings dorsally.
Widely distributed |
| Large Twin-spot
Carpet |
|
Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata |
|
Bedstraw, chickweed and dock |
|
Greyish-brown, darker markings on middle segments,
black spiracles. Southern half of Britain |
| Silver-ground Carpet |
|
Xanthorhoe montanata |
|
Bedstraw, primrose, chickweed and groundsel |
|
Greyish-brown, blackish-brown markings on the
central dorsal, pale stripe subdorsally. Most parts of Britain |
| Garden Carpet |
|
Xanthorhoe fluctuata |
|
Cruciferae |
|
Light green to olive green, may or may not have
dark dorsal markings. Throughout most of Britain |
| Spanish Carpet |
|
Scotopteryx peribolata |
|
Gorse and broom |
|
Yellowish-grey, incomplete black dorsal line.
Channel Islands |
| Chalk Carpet |
|
Scotopteryx bipunctaria |
|
Clovers and trefoils |
|
Ochreous, bluish-grey dorsal line, parallel
dark grey markings. Southern England and Wales chalk soils |
| Shaded Broad-bar |
|
Scotopteryx chenopodiata |
|
Clovers and vetches |
|
Bluish-grey, twin whitish stripes on back and
sides, broader line below black spiracles, few black dots.
Widely distributed |
| Lead Belle |
|
Scotopteryx mucronata |
|
Gorse, broom, petty whin and dyer's greenweed |
|
Light grey, black markings dorsally, dashes
along dorsal line bordered by parallel twin spots. Western
and northern parts of the British Isles |
| July Belle |
|
Scotopteryx luridata |
|
Gorse and petty whin |
|
Similar to above. Widely distributed |