Red List: Least Concern (LC). GB Status: Common.

See also Moth of the Week (17/08/2019)

Identification

Usually distinctive. Care required, potential confusion with Red-green Carpet and Autumn Green Carpet.

Recording method

Can be disturbed by day from trees, rocks, fences and hedgerows. Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a small larva.  Larvae September to May. Pupates in plant debris.

Larval foodplants

Bedstraws.

Habitat

Woodland and moorland.

History

First recorded in Dumfries and Galloway in 1820 for VC72 at Raehills by Little, in 1862 for VC73 near Terregles by Lennon and in 1903 at Luce Bay by Garraway who collected and bred on several larvae from Alticry Glen.