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Red-green Carpet
Chloroclysta siterata
Chloroclysta siterata, the red-green carpet, is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1767.
From the article Chloroclysta siterata on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The wingspan is 28–36 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is greyish green, with a reddish tinge. The central band is dark and may be replaced by dark wavy crosslines. The forewings have a pointed shape. This is a very variable species. The larva is very long and slender, the thorax slightly less thin, the anal points well developed. It is green, the thorax with a red dorsal line, abdomen with a red dorsal spot on each segment, the legs and anal points tipped with red. The pupa is slender, yellow-brown with a delicate purple bloom, dotted with black; cremaster darker.
Similar species: Adults are similar in appearance to the autumn green carpet (Chloroclysta miata) but C. miata has a pale central band, grey hindwings and no red tinge.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 335485.