''Entephria flavicinctata'', the yellow-ringed carpet, is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Geometridae The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''met ...

. The species was first described by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1813. It is found in the mountainous areas of the

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The distribution is disjunct extending across the

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, the

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, some lower mountains (

Vosges The Vosges ( , ; german: Vogesen ; Franconian and gsw, Vogese) are a range of low mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single ...

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

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) and then from Norway across the Arctic to northern Russia. The

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is 27–39 mm. The ground colour is pale grey. The basal, central and outer marginal cross lines are suffused with yellow. The hindwings are pale white.See also Prout.Prout, L. B. (1912–16). Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) ''The Macrolepidoptera of the World''. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgar
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The larva is pinkish brown, the body with powerful, protruding brushes. On the dorsum it has pink, triangular spots that are edged with dark brown.It resembles that of ''

Entephria caesiata ''Entephria caesiata'', the grey mountain carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in the mountainous areas of Europe (including Great Britain, F ...

'' but is rather more stumpy, tapering anteriorly, and the dorsal triangles are smaller. Adults are on wing from June to August and sometimes also in May. The larvae feed on ''

Saxifraga ''Saxifraga'' is the largest genus in the family Saxifragaceae, containing about 465 species of holarctic perennial plants, known as saxifrages or rockfoils. The Latin word ''saxifraga'' means literally "stone-breaker", from Latin ' ("rock" or " ...

'' and ''

Sedum ''Sedum'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, members of which are commonly known as stonecrops. The genus has been described as containing up to 600 species, subsequently reduced to 400–500. They are leaf succulen ...

'' species. The species probably overwinters in the larval stage.

Subspecies

*''Entephria flavicinctata flavicinctata'' (Europe) *''Entephria flavicinctata corsaria'' Schawerda, 1928 *''Entephria flavicinctata elbrusensis'' Tikhonov, 1994 (northern Caucasus, Dagestan) *''Entephria flavicinctata ruficinctata'' Guenee, 1858 *''Entephria flavicinctata septentrionalis'' Warnecke, 1934 (Fennoscandia) *''Entephria flavicinctata veletaria'' Wehrli, 1926

References

External links

Yellow-ringed Carpet at ''UKMoths''''Fauna Europaea''''Lepiforum e.V.''
Larentiini Moths of Europe Moths of Iceland Insects of the Arctic Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Larentiini-stub