Species Details

ABH: 70.077

BF: 1767

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Pennithera firmata

Authority: (Hübner, [1822])

Vernacular: Pine Carpet

Account: Common in pine woodland throughout much of the British Isles For comparison with confusion species, click here. Larva feeds on Scots Pine and Corsican Pine.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 30 — 34 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 5 May (2023) — 15 Nov (2025)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant:

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/pennithera-firmata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 376

Individuals: 51

Earliest Year: 1907

Latest Year: 2025

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