Appears in the autumn and then hibernates until spring.
Red green carpet moth.
Extracted 3 light brown apple moth and a juniper carpet and noticed a small moth showing a yellow underwing.
The adult moth hibernates flying again in early spring.
Red green carpet chloroclysta siterata 2020 1 2019 165 2018 341 2017 461 2016 213 2015 177 2014 190 2013 611 2012 202 2011 181.
Adult moths are on the wing from mid june to august and are attracted to light.
Red green carpet chloroclysta siterata norfolk moths the macro and micro moths of norfolk.
A locally common species in northern britain occurring from shropshire and staffordshire northwards into scotland where a local subspecies hethlandica occurs on the shetland isles.
Red green carpet chloroclysta siterata suffolk moths the macro and micro moths of suffolk.
An autumn species occurring in september and october hibernating as an adult and flying again in early spring.
Also light brown apple moth 2 red green carpet acleris sparsana and 2 juniper carpet.
The 21th produced the highlight of the month.
Status and photographs of the moth.
Red green carpet butterflies and moths of northern ireland chloroclysta siterata hufnagel 1767 description.
An autumn species occurring in september and october.
From wikipedia the free encyclopedia chloroclysta siterata the red green carpet is a moth in the family geometridae.
The species was first described by johann siegfried hufnagel in 1767.
Red green carpet chloroclysta siterata hufnagel 1767 wingspan 30 36 mm.