| Mesotype didymata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Mesotype |
| Species: | M. didymata |
| Binomial name | |
| Mesotype didymata | |
| Synonyms | |
Phalaena didymataLinnaeus, 1758 Contents | |
Mesotype didymata, the twin-spot carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Its genus is sometimes included in Perizoma .
It is found in northern and central Europe; further south and east it seems to be confined to the mountains Pyrenees, Alps, Urals.
The wingspan is 24–29 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is generally pale or dark grey. There are two dark stains near the apex and the costa of the forewing. The wavy crosslines delimit a darker mid field and a darker marginal field.
It is very variable in colour, with the male considerably darker than the female; in some districts the sexual dimorphism is quite striking. This sex is also appreciably smaller and narrower-winged than the male and has a much stouter abdomen. - ab. ochroleucata Auriv. is unicolorous grey yellow or yellow brown without markings except the light subterminal line. - In ab. nigrofasciata Rbl. The ground colour is darkened and the median band narrow, almost black. - ab. nigra Prout has uniform blackish brown wings. In hethlandica Rbl. the male is more or less bright orange brown, the female lighter ochreous brown or fawn colour. [1]
The larva is long and slender and differs so from most species of the genus Perizoma . It is grey-green in colour with short, dark brushes.
Adults are on wing from June to August. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on various plants, including Vaccinium myrtillus , Salix and Calluna .Unlike most Perizoma the species lives openly on the nutrient plant, not inside the seed capsules, and it can use a variety of different nutrient plants. This may provide the basis for assigning this species (and some others) to the genus Mesotype.
The silver-ground carpet is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is common throughout the Palearctic region including the Near East and North Africa.It is found in a variety of different habitats and occurs, for example, in humid forests, moorland and shore areas, on embankments or on unimproved grass meadows and heathlands as well as in gardens.
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The mottled umber is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is common throughout much of the Palearctic region. The species was first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759.
Perizoma flavofasciata, the sandy carpet or sandy rivulet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1792. It is found in most of Europe and northern Africa and east across the Palearctic to the Urals and the Altai Mountains. The species prefers meadow valleys, floodplains, waterside areas, bushy meadows and gardens. In the Alps it rises to 1500 metres.
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Xanthorhoe spadicearia, the red twin-spot carpet, is a moth of the genus Xanthorhoe in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.
Colostygia pectinataria, the green carpet, is a moth of the genus Colostygia in the family Geometridae. It was first described by August Wilhelm Knoch in 1781.
Cepphis advenaria, the little thorn, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in Europe and across the Palearctic to Japan.
Hylaea fasciaria, the barred red, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. The species can be found in central and northern Europe, the Urals, Caucasus, Altai and eastern Siberia.
Plemyria rubiginata, the blue-bordered carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae found in Europe and across the Palearctic. The moth was first described by the Austrian lepidopterists Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.
Scotopteryx chenopodiata, the shaded broad-bar, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
Idaea subsericeata, the satin wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. It is found from central and southern Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor to Transcaspia.
Mesotype is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is sometimes included in Perizoma.
Entephria caesiata, the grey mountain carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in the mountainous areas of Europe, the Caucasus, Asia Minor, Armenia, Russia, Russian Far East, Siberia, northern Mongolia, Sakhalin and Honshū in Japan.
Trichopteryx carpinata, the early tooth-striped, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1794. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern Palearctic realm including the Russian Far East, Siberia, and the Ile District, Kazakhstan.
Acraea esebria, the dusky acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae from southern and eastern Africa.
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