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The Silver-ground Carpet ''(Xanthorhoe montanata)'' is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is common throughout the Palearctic region (from Ireland to the Russian Far East but not Japan) including the Near East and North Africa. The wingspan is 29–33 mm although some northern races may be smaller. The forewings are white with a broad shaded band which varies from pale grey to almost black. The hindwings are also white with pale fascia and a small black discal spot. "Another very variable species. In the typical form the median band is pale-centred and the distal area rather weakly marked. - In ab. ''fuscomarginata'' Stgr. both are broadly fuscous-margined, containing a distinct white subterminal line. In ab. ''continuata'' Krulik the median band is solid, brown or blackish, not interrupted by any white patch. — In ab. ''degenerata'' Prout the median area is narrowed and broken into two parts, a larger anterior and a smaller posterior.- ab. ''costimaculata'' Rbl. shows only the anterior half of the band. - ab. ''limbaria'' Hbn.is a more extreme development, with the band reduced to a very small patch on the discocellulars. - ab. ''unicolor'' Rbl. has the wings entirely suffused with smoky black, the median band of the forewing faintly indicated. Taken in S. Yorkshire.In addition to these casual aberrations montanata shows a strong tendency to the formation of local races. Staudinger considers ''fuscomarginata'' as such in the Pyrenees,Alps, etc. But in any case the following appear noteworthly: ''iberica'' Stgr. high elevations in the mountains of Castile and Andalusia, with the forewing white-yellowish, with less markings and these less distinct,the median band narrowed and more fuscous. - ''lapponica'' Stgr. from Northern Scandinavia and N. E. Siberia, a smaller, paler form with the markings (except the discal dot) quite weak. - ab. ''albicans'' Strand merely indicates the extreme specimens of ''lapponica'', with the markings (except the discal dot) not or scarcely visible - ''shetlandica'' Weir, from the Shetland Islands, is of the same average size as ''lapponica'', but forms a striking contrast to it. It has the forewing much more variegated, the ground-colour suffused with ochreous between the basal and median bands and distally, the median band sharply marked at least at its edges, sometimes pale in the centre, sometimes mixed with bright ochreous brown". 〔Prout , L.B. 1912–16. Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) ''The Macrolepidoptera of the World''. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart. 〕 The species flies from May to July , usually at dusk. It will come to light but is not strongly attracted. The larva is grey with a purplish-brown back. It has been recorded feeding on bedstraw, ''Corydalis'', globeflower, hemlock and primrose and probably feeds on other low-growing plants. The species overwinters as a larva. #''The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.'' == Subspecies == *''X. m. iberica'' *''X. m. lapponica'' *''X. m. montanata'' *''X. m. shetlandica'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Silver-ground Carpet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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