Appearance
The wingspan is 35–40 mm. Forewing dark to light green, varied with reddish along the inner margin and the course of the lines and round the stigmata; inner and outer lines grey, double; submarginal line pale, preceded by rufous wedge shaped marks; claviform stigma small, dark; orbicular and reniform whitish, often dusted with grey, with dark centres and blackish outlines; fringe green; hindwing of male white, of female light or dark grey, with grey discal spot and outer, sometimes also a submarginal, line; in the form ''viridicincta'' Frr. the ground colour is grey tinged with olive, the central fascia generally darker olive, all the red tints replaced by dark green; ''tephra'' Geyer is a paler grey form with the green tints also obsolete; ''aetnea'' Turati, from Sicily, is blackish, the markings on forewing distinct.Larva pale green or brownish mottled with darker; spiracular line pale; head yellowish.
Behavior
Adults are on wing from August to October.Food
The larvae feed on various low-growing plants, including ''Sedum acre'' and ''Armeria maritima''.References:
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