David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
__________________________________________________________Moths
91 – Scorched Carpet Moths
SCORCHED
CARPET MOTH Ligdia adustata
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The Scorched
Carpet Moth Ligdia adustata (Geometridae, Ennominae) illustrated above was photographed in France, and
it appears to have lost an argument with an artificial light – missing scales
on top of the thorax is a common feature observed in moths that have collided
repeatedly with light bulbs! The wing-pattern of this species is distinctive,
so identification should be straightforward. There is an additional appeal, as
the larvae of this moth feed on Spindle Euonymus
europaeus, one of the
most attractive of trees.
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