Photo © David G Green

Dotted Carpet

Alcis jubata

Checklist Number
70.266 [B&F: 1942]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Geometridae
Subfamily:Ennominae
Genus:Alcis
Species:jubata
Authority:(Thunberg, 1788)

Local in ancient woodland and scrub throughout much of western Britain. In Hampshire believed extinct. The species used to be taken regularly in the New Forest and occasionally in the Chandlers Ford area, and in Woolmer Forest, but the last known record is of two at Aldridgehill Inclosure in July 1958. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 28-33 mm. Fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on Beard Lichen and various lichens.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Brockenhurst (SU20)07/1892-AdyeAdult
Chandlers Ford (SU42)1900-R A JacksonAdult
Lyndhurst (SU30)1900-RobertsonLarval
Set Thorns Inclosure, NF (SZ29)1920-A D Torlesse-
Holmsley (SU20)11/07/1924-Scarsdale C S BrownAdult
New Milton (SZ29)1926-JonesAdult
Brockenhurst (SU20)12/07/1931-Baron C G de WormsAdult
Lyndhurst (SU30)24/07/1933-Baron C G de WormsLarval
Fritham (SU21)1940-D W H FfennellAdult
Burley, NF (SU20)1940-C W Mackworth-PraedAdult
Pondhead Inclosure (SU30)25/07/1947-Baron C G de WormsAdult
Minstead (SU21)1958-L W SiggsAdult
Aldridgehill Inclosure (SU20)26/07/1958twoB Goater & RM MereAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Woolmer Forest (SU73)1900-W FassnidgeAdult
Whitehill (SU73)1951threeD WrightAdult