Lampropteryx suffumata, the water carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae.[2] It is found from Europe to the Altai Mountains, Khabarovsk Krai and the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of Russia, and Hokkaido, Japan.[3][4] In 2000, the species was discovered in Alaska, USA, and then in 2008 DNA-barcoding analysis of museum specimens identified several Canadian specimens,[5] thereby extending the geographical range from Ireland in the west, across Eurasia, to the west of North America. The habitat consists of damp woodland, grassy areas, chalk downland and scrubland.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Lampropteryx |
| Species: | L. suffumata
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Description
editThe wingspan is 25–32 mm.[2] The ground colour is brownish. Between the wingbase and the midfield, as well as between the central and margin field is a whitish lateral band. The dark midfield is serrated on both sides. The outer cross-line limiting the midfield and shows a clearly protruding double wave. The margin field is heavily obscured below the apex. The hind wings are pale grey and have a strongly curved dark cross line. Adult caterpillars have a brown basic coloration. On the dorsum, there is reddish-brown to black-brown angled spots. The rear segments are lighter brown.
In northern Europe, adults are in the wing from March to June in one generation.
The larvae feed on Galium species and can be found in May and June. It overwinters in the pupal stage.
Subspecies
edit- Lampropteryx suffumata suffumata
- Lampropteryx suffumata arctica Sparre-Schneider, 1895
Similar species
editReferences
edit- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ a b UKmoths
- ^ Beljaev, Evgeny; Vasilenko, Sergei (2002-12-01). "An annotated checklist of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from the Kamchatka Peninsula and adjacent islands". Entomologica Fennica. 13 (4): 195–235. doi:10.33338/ef.84161. ISSN 2489-4966.
- ^ Beljaev, E.A. (2022). "Fauna of the geometrid moths (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) of the eastern Sikhote-Alin in the Botchinsky Reserve II. Subfamilies Larentiinae and Sterrhinae, and zoogeographical analysis". Amurian Zoological Journal. 14: 676–707.
- ^ deWaard, Jeremy R.; Schmidt, B. Christian; Anweiler, Gary G.; Humble, Leland M. (2008-12-31). "First Canadian records of Lampropteryx sujfumata ([Denis & Schiffermiiller], 1775) (Geometridae: Larentiinae)". Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia. 105: 19–25. ISSN 1929-7890.
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