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Colostygia olivata (beech-green carpet)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Colostygia olivata, the beech-green carpet, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in most of Europe. The wingspan is 22–27 mm. Freshly hatched moths have green forewings.There is a darker, brown central band narrower towards the centre of the forewings.This band is edged with a white wavy line. The hindwings are smoky grey with a pale crossline. Adults are in wing from May to August in one generation. The larva feed on Galium species. Larvae can be found from September to May.
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Prey / Diet

Galium saxatile (heath bedstraw)[1]

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1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0