Photo © Keith Tailby

Slender-striped Rufous

Coenocalpe lapidata

Checklist Number
70.125 [B&F: 1780]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Geometridae
Subfamily:Larentiinae
Genus:Coenocalpe
Species:lapidata
Authority:(Hübner, [1809])

A rare Red Data Book species, in bogs, upland grassland and moorland in parts of Scotland. Unlikely to be recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 28-34 mm. Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Meadow Buttercup, over-wintering as an egg.