Ligdia adustata
| Ligdia adustata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Abraxini |
| Genus: | Ligdia |
| Species: | L. adustata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ligdia adustata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | |
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The Scorched Carpet (Ligdia adustata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Central Europe and Asia Minor.
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The wingspan is 20–25 mm.Glossy white, suffused almost throughout with a yellow-ochreous tinge, the anterior part of forewing sometimes clearer white; cell-dot darker ochreous, often inconspicuous;a blue-grey, wavy band across the forewing near the outer margin. The basal area of the forewing also a dark blue-grey. ab. suffusa ab. nov. has the pale area completely infuscated.Larva moderately stout, bright green with red dorsal spots, a red lateral blotch on the 1st—2nd abdominals and red marks on claspers; a rare variety grey-brown. The pupa hibernates; red-brown with blackish wings.
The adults fly from April to August in two generations.
The larvae feed on spindle (Euonymus europaeus).
- ^ The flight season refers to the Netherlands and Belgium. This may vary in other parts of the range.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ligdia adustata. |
- European Butterflies and Moths by Christopher Jonko
- Scorched Carpet on UKmoths
- Vlindernet (Dutch)
- waarneming.nl (Dutch)
- Lepidoptera of Belgium