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Family: Geometridae   Checklist Number: 70.051

Xanthorhoe spadicearia   [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775

Red Twin-spot Carpet

A local distribution in northern Scotland and rarely recorded in the Outer Hebrides. Uses a wide range of habitats including moorland and sand dunes. Larval food plants include bedstraws (Galium species), wild carrot (Daucus carota and knotgrass (Polygonum)

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