Sorry for the fuzzy photographs. Best I could do in the rain. The Green Carpet Moth (Colostygia pectinataria) is one of 38 species of Lepidoptera recorded in Charlton Down Nature Area so far. The larvae feed on bedstraws – and there is Lady’s Bedstraw and Hedge Bedstraw on the site; and the adult shown here is feeding on Cow Parsley flowers.
Useful Books and Links
The Moths of the British Isles, Richard South, Series II, The Wayside and Woodland Series, Frederick Warne and Co., 1908, New edition 1961, reprint 1973. ISBN 0-7273-0002-5.
Day-flying moths of Britain, Field Studies Council Fold-out Guide, 2022, OP106, ISBN 978-1-85153-215-5.
https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/colostygia-pectinataria/
https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/green-carpet
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