However in the daylight it seems to be just another Red-green Carpet but with a much greater contrast than usual between the central cross-band and the rest of the wing.
With Sprawler, Phyllonorycter messaniella and Caloptilia stigmatella added to my garden list in the last few nights I should hopefully reach 400 species for the year.
Andy Newbold, Sibford Ferris, Oxon.
That's a smart moth - I don't think I've ever seen one quite as brightly marked as that before. The "form" that I do often get is entirely green and black with no sign of red (usually females).
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