Xanthorhoe ferrugata (Clerck, 1759)
(Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet)

Xanthorhoe ferrugata (Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Xanthorhoe ferrugata (Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesXanthorhoe ferrugata (Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet)
GenusXanthorhoe (a genus of carpet moths)
TribeXanthorhoini (a tribe of moths)
SubfamilyLARENTIINAE (a subfamily of geometrid moths)
FamilyGEOMETRIDAE (geometrids, carpets, pugs and loopers)
SuperfamilyGEOMETROIDEA (butterfly moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Xanthorhoe ferrugata (Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Townsend, M.C., Clifton, J. & Goodey, B. 2010 British and Irish moths: an illustrated guide to selected difficult species (covering the use of genitalia and other features) 91pp, Butterfly Conservation

Xanthorhoe ferrugata (Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Xanthorhoe ferrugata (Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 4 images of Xanthorhoe ferrugata (Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet)
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