Grey Pine Carpet Moth

Pine carpet grey pine carpet spruce carpet and juniper carpet are all or can be extremely similar but pine carpet should provide much less of a challenge by having a distinctive reddish brown ground colouration to the wings.

Grey pine carpet moth.

Geometridae 70 081 grey pine carpet thera obeliscata. Species photo in new tab observation details type. Found locally throughout britain where its foodplant scots pine pinus sylvestris occurs this moth bears a resemblance to the closely related grey pine carpet thera obeliscata but has a more indented dark band on the forewing it has quite a long emergence period and can be found on the wing from late july to november. As with many moths there are always some differences in markings which can make one.

Grey pine carpet thera obeliscata imoths suffolk moths mobile. Kent moth group affilliated with butterfly conservation. The larvae feed mainly on pine pinus and spruce picea but sometimes on other conifers. Skip to primary content.

First recorded in 1839. Juniper and pine carpet. Grey pine carpet thera obeliscata hübner 1787 wingspan 28 36 mm. Recorded in 66 96 of 69 10k squares.

3810 adult 1 dead 4 larval. There are two generations with moths flying from may to july and again in september and october. Published may 21 2016 at 3696 2746 in grey pine carpet ian hodgson. A very variable species in size colour and markings and can be difficult to separate from thera britannica spruce carpet.

Compared to spruce carpet it is usually light red brown to dark brown rather than grey and is more lightly fluted narrowing dorsally however this can vary considerably. Leave a reply cancel reply. Home id tips submit records facebook page get involved books links gallery recorders database. Grey pine carpet thera obeliscata.

Grey pine carpet thera obeliscata the moths of suffolk. Kent and se london branch. Grey pine carpet ian hodgson. Individual records comprise of.