Photo © Dave Green
Netted Mountain Moth
Macaria carbonaria
Checklist Number70.216 [B&F: 1895]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Ennominae |
| Genus: | Macaria |
| Species: | carbonaria |
| Authority: | (Clerck, 1759) |
A rare Red Data Book species, on high moorland and mountainsides, in the central Scottish Highlands, a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Unlikely to be recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 23-25 mm. The main confusion species is Common Heath Ematurga atomaria, especially females of the small dark upland form, but in Common Heath the two median fasciae merge before meeting the dorsum. Larva feeds on Bearberry, over-wintering as a pupa.
