Coenotephria salicata

Coenotephria salicata
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Coenotephria
Species: C. salicata
Binomial name
Coenotephria salicata
Synonyms
  • Geometra salicata Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Nebula salicata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  • Zerynthia latentaria Curtis, 1830
  • Larentia probaria Herrich-Schaffer, 1856

Coenotephria salicata, the striped twin-spot carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in most of Europe.

The wingspan is 29–31 mm. Adults have a grey ground colour with darker cross lines which are difficult to distinguish if the forewings are heavily mottled.There are white broken lines along the outer margin of forewings.

Adults are on wing from May to July, and occasionally again in autumn in a partial second generation.

The larvae feed on Galium species.

Subspecies

  • Coenotephria salicata latentaria (Curtis, 1830)
  • Coenotephria salicata probaria (Herrich-Schaffer, 1856)
  • Coenotephria salicata salicata


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