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Yellow-ringed Carpet
Entephria flavicinctata
Checklist Number70.071 [B&F: 1743]
Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)
Classification
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Larentiinae |
| Genus: | Entephria |
| Species: | flavicinctata |
| Authority: | (Hübner, [1813]) |
Local in ravines, gorges and rocky mountain-sides, in western Scotland, the Inner Hebrides and the Yorkshire Dales. Unlikely to be recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 34-39 mm. Similar to Grey Mountain Carpet E. caesiata, which see for differences. Larva feeds on English Stonecrop, Yellow Saxifrage, Mossy Saxifrage and Purple Saxifrage.
