Common Carpet - Epirrhoe alternata
Wingspan: ~25 mm. Forewing has AM and PM lines that are thickly edged with white. Subterminal and terminal areas are brownish.
Habitat: Attracted to a 395 nm LED light in a semi-rural area
2020(19)
*The red mark is my kids' schoolwork on our glass door. I use the door as a "chalkboard" that I write on with window crayons. I guess I should get my moth sheet up before the season ramps up!
The Common Carpet or White-banded Toothed Carpet is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout the Palearctic and the Near East. In North America it ranges across the northern tier of the United States plus every province and territory of Canada.
Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
By Christine Young
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Uploaded May 15, 2020. Captured May 14, 2020 11:36 in 5 East St, New Milford, CT 06776, USA.
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