70.004 BF1699 – Least Carpet – Geometridae – Idaea rusticata
Least Carpet – Geometridae – Sterrhinae – Idaea rusticata – colour code •
STATUS – Last recorded in 2023 – Probably a new species for Derbyshire – possible immigrant – This specimen found on herbage next to moth trap on the morning of 16th July 2017 in a Sandiacre garden. A species that seems to be very much on the increase and moving northwards from the main populations in southern England. Two trapped in my garden August 2nd-3rd 2020.