Cypress Carpet, Thera cupressata Geometridae     Larentiinae

ABH 70.083
B&F 1771a   *   Thera cupressata   *   Cypress Carpet


Southern England, local but increasing in Dorset
Wingspan: 28-32mm

Flight time: Two generations, May-June and August-October
Habitat: Recent colonist, first recorded in 1984 in West Sussex. Mainly found in urban habitats where the foodplants occur

Larval food plants: Leyland Cypress and Monterey Cypress.


Cypress Carpet, Thera cupressata
Cypress Carpet, Thera cupressata
Parkstone, Dorset. June 2012

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