Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae > Colostygia > Colostygia pectinatariaColostygia pectinataria (Green Carpet)Synonyms: Calostigia pectinataria; Colostygia albocincta; Colostygia approximata; Colostygia aslae; Colostygia clausa; Colostygia constricta; Colostygia costijuncta; Colostygia costovata; Colostygia derassaria; Colostygia deviridata; Colostygia haemataria; Colostygia harcynica; Colostygia miaria; Colostygia nigrolineata; Colostygia pectinaria; Colostygia rosea; Colostygia viridaria; Geometra deleataria; Geometra miata; Larentia viridaria; Phalaena miaria; Phalaena pectinataria (homotypic); Phalaena viridaria (heterotypic) Colostygia pectinataria, the green carpet, is a moth of the genus Colostygia in the family Geometridae. The moth has a wingspan from 22 to 28 mm. The strong forewing ground colour is green to bluish-green. The wing pattern shows the following colour sequence: a small region at the wing base brown green, the ensuing basal region brighter green, a wide and strongly serrated on the outside discal region dark green edged with white, the postdiscal region whitish green and the marginal region tinted brownish green. There are two distinct blackish spots near the front edge of the wing (costa) and one on the inner edge . In older specimens, the greenish colour can fade . Sometimes newly emerged hatched moths have a whitish, yellowish or pink colour. The hind wings shimmer grey white and have fain |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
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Climate |
Land Use |
Avon Gorge Woodlands |
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376 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Border Mires, Kielder – Butterburn |
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29286 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Braunton Burrows |
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3328 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Cadair Idris |
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9353 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Cairngorms |
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142543 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd |
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163340 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes |
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5491 |
England, United Kingdom |
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East Caithness Cliffs |
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1094 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Eryri/ Snowdonia |
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48773 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Exmoor Heaths |
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26455 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fenland |
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1529 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fenn`s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses |
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2346 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Isles of Scilly Complex |
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66350 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Lake District High Fells |
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66717 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Limestone Coast of South West Wales/ Arfordir Calchfaen de Orllewin Cymru |
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3940 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Loch Lomond Woods |
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3594 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Lyme Bay and Torbay |
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77215 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Moor House – Upper Teesdale |
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95867 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay |
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151985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay Pavements |
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6449 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Muir of Dinnet |
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1027 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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North Somerset and Mendip Bats |
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1387 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North York Moors |
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108930 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Salisbury Plain |
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52975 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Saltfleetby–Theddlethorpe Dunes and Gibraltar Point |
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2373 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Solent Maritime |
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27985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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South Solway Mosses |
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4849 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Strathglass Complex |
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58277 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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The Broads |
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14554 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The New Forest |
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72309 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Stiperstones and The Hollies |
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1486 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Thorne Moor |
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4718 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham |
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12696 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Tintagel–Marsland–Clovelly Coast |
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6004 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Usk Bat Sites/ Safleoedd Ystlumod Wysg |
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4167 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Witherslack Mosses |
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1202 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Yewbarrow Woods |
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279 |
England, United Kingdom |
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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
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