Balsam Carpet

    Xanthorhoe biriviata

    GeometridaeABH 70.05 B&F 1721

    A resident species of damp woodland and pasture, largely confined to south-east England and East Anglia, whose larval foodplant is Orange Balsam and Small Balsam. The only county record is from Bickenhall, in south Somerset, in 1958.

    Adult Verification Grade: 2