Key to Text Moths of Northamptonshire

Key to Map
  Least Carpet Idaea rusticata  
         
  Status: Resident/Possible migrant.

Distribution and Abundance: Rare.

Record: 17 July 2006 Yardley Chase (S. Brayshaw), 20 July 2003 Bozeat (S. David), 13 July 2004 Wellingborough (D. Larkin) and 18 July 2006 Northampton (B. Gill).

Observations: All of the above moths were taken at garden m.v. light traps. There is an additional record on 19 July 2006 from the Pitsford Reservoir light traps. To date the moth has only been recorded as a singleton, however the map indicates a spread into the county from the southeast reducing the likelihood of these being migrant records.

First Record: 2003, David.