Cleora cinctaria

Cleora cinctaria
Cleora cinctaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Boarmiini
Genus: Cleora
Species: C. cinctaria
Binomial name
Cleora cinctaria
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Geometra cinctaria Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

The Ringed Carpet (Cleora cinctaria) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Europe to southern Siberia, Turkey, the Caucasus, central Asia and Mongolia. It is also found in Japan.

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

The wingspan is 28–35 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May.

The larvae feed various plants and trees, including Betula (inclusing Betula verrucosa), Myrica gale, Carex, Salix, Populus tremula, Rubus idaeus, Sorbus aucuparia, Vicia cracca, Rhamnus frangula, Lysimachia vulgaris, Vaccinium myrtillus and Galium verum.

Subspecies

  • Cleora cinctaria bowesi Richardson, 1952 (Scotland)
  • Cleora cinctaria cinctaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  • Cleora cinctaria superfumata Inoue, 1972 (south-eastern Siberia, Japan)

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