Gagitodes sagittata, the marsh carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. It is found in eastern Asia, including Japan, Korea and China and in central and northern Europe. It is sometimes included in the genus Perizoma
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Gagitodes |
| Species: | G. sagittata
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| Gagitodes sagittata (Fabricius, 1787)
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The wingspan is 26–34 mm. The moth flies from June to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Thalictrum species.[1]
References
edit- ^ Peder Skou The Geometroid Moths of North Europe (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae and Geometridae), p. 136, at Google Books
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gagitodes sagittata.
- Marsh Carpet at UKMoths
- Savela, Markku. "Perizoma sagittata (Fabricius, 1787)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- Fauna Europaea
- Lepiforum e.V.
- Schmetterlinge-Deutschlands.de Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
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