Grey Pine Carpet Moth

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.

Grey pine carpet moth.

As with many moths there are always some differences in markings which can make one. The larvae feed mainly on pine pinus and spruce picea but sometimes on other conifers. Leave a reply cancel reply. Individual records comprise of.

Geometridae 70 081 grey pine carpet thera obeliscata. Grey pine carpet thera obeliscata imoths suffolk moths mobile. Recorded in 66 96 of 69 10k squares. Grey pine carpet thera obeliscata.

Grey pine carpet thera obeliscata hübner 1787 moths geometer moths thera thera obeliscata show related species. Published may 21 2016 at 3696 2746 in grey pine carpet ian hodgson. Grey pine carpet thera obeliscata the moths of suffolk. Grey pine carpet ian hodgson.

Species photo in new tab observation details type. There are 1984 county records of 3815 individuals from 216 different sites. Grey pine carpet thera obeliscata hübner 1787 wingspan 28 36 mm. A very variable species in size colour and markings and can be difficult to separate from thera britannica spruce carpet.

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. There are two generations with moths flying from may to july and again in september and october. Juniper and pine carpet. Kent and se london branch.

First recorded in 1839. 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. Kent moth group affilliated with butterfly conservation. 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.