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Lampropteryx otregiata, the Devon carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from western Europe (from Scandinavia south to the Alps) to Japan and the Kuril Islands.

Devon carpet
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Lampropteryx
Species:	L. otregiata
Binomial name
Lampropteryx otregiata (Metcalfe, 1917)[1]
Synonyms
Cidaria otregiata Metcalfe, 1917

The wingspan is 27–30 mm.[2] There are two generations per year, with adults on wing in May and June and again in August and September.

The larvae feed on Asperula and Galium species (including Galium palustre and Galium uliginosum). Larvae can be found from July to August. It overwinters in the pupal stage.

Subspecies

• Lampropteryx otregiata otregiata
• Lampropteryx otregiata dubitatrix (Bryk, 1942)

Similar species

• Lampropteryx suffumata

References

External links

• Lepiforum.de

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