Photo © Keith Tailby
Slender-striped Rufous
Coenocalpe lapidata
Checklist Number70.125 [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.
