Photo © Keith Tailby
Marsh Carpet
Gagitodes sagittata
Checklist Number70.140 [B&F: 1810]
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: | Gagitodes |
| Species: | sagittata |
| Authority: | (Fabricius, 1787) |
Nationally scarce (Na) in fens and marshes, in Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, northwards to Yorkshire. Unlikely to be recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 29-36 mm. Unmistakable. Larva feeds on seeds of Common Meadow-rue, over-wintering as a pupa.
