Species Details

ABH: 70.100

BF: 1776

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Colostygia pectinataria

Authority: (Knoch, 1781)

Vernacular: Green Carpet

Account:

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan:

Surrey Flight Period: 21 Apr (2011) — 20 Oct (2009)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Galium sp.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/colostygia-pectinataria/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1192

Individuals: 734

Earliest Year: 1883

Latest Year: 2025

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