Grey Pine Carpet Moth

There are two generations with moths flying from may to july and again in september and october.

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 spruce carpet comparison taken from conifer moths of the british isles by j clifton j wheeler 2012 grey pine carpet spruce carpet comparison jon clifton list species records show all latest. Grey pine carpet thera obeliscata hübner 1787 moths geometer moths thera thera obeliscata show related species. First recorded in 1839.

Species photo in new tab observation details type. Kent moth group affilliated with butterfly conservation. Kent and se london branch. The larvae feed mainly on pine pinus and spruce picea but sometimes on other conifers.

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. Recorded in 66 96 of 69 10k squares. Leave a reply cancel reply. Grey pine carpet ian hodgson.

Grey pine carpet thera obeliscata. There are 1984 county records of 3815 individuals from 216 different sites. 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. A very variable species in size colour and markings and can be difficult to separate from thera britannica spruce carpet.

Geometridae 70 081 grey pine carpet thera obeliscata. 3810 adult 1 dead 4 larval. Grey pine carpet thera obeliscata imoths suffolk moths mobile. Grey pine carpet thera obeliscata hübner 1787 wingspan 28 36 mm.

As with many moths there are always some differences in markings which can make one. Individual records comprise of. Grey pine carpet thera obeliscata the moths of suffolk. Juniper and pine carpet.