Cleora cinctaria
Cleora cinctaria, the ringed carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found from Europe to southern Siberia, Turkey, the Caucasus, central Asia and Mongolia. It is also found in Japan.

The wingspan is 28–35 mm. The wings have a light grey ground colour. The lines are brown. The intensity of the grey or brown colouration varies quite strongly. The interior crossline is band-like and widened basally, the exterior crossline is curved towards the front edge and is usually double. The brownish darkened margin has a white wavy line and white dusting. On the hindwings are dark lines and an often indistinct whitish squiggle. The first abdominal segment appears in the form of a white belt. The antennae of the males are combed on both sides, those of the females are filiform.Prout gives an account of named forma.The larva is smooth, light green with bluish green and white longitudinal lines.

Adults are on wing from April to May.

The larvae feed various plants and trees, including "Betula" (including "Betula verrucosa"), "Myrica gale", "Carex", "Salix", "Populus tremula", "Rubus idaeus", "Sorbus aucuparia", "Vicia cracca", "Rhamnus frangula", "Lysimachia vulgaris", "Vaccinium myrtillus" and "Galium verum".
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moth
Concept
Q45559
Geometridae
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Q1361864
first described
Concept
Q494586
Michael Denis
PER
Q112142
Ignaz Schiffermüller
PER
Q5428
Siberia
LOC
Q43
Turkey
LOC
Q18869
Caucasus
LOC
Q711
Mongolia
LOC
Q17
Japan
LOC
Q245097
wingspan
Concept
Q25243
Betula
Concept
Q156895
Betula verrucosa
Concept
Q161681
Myrica gale
Concept
Q158501
Carex
Concept
Q36050
Salix
Concept
Q146110
Populus tremula
Concept
Q12252383
Rubus idaeus
Concept
Q146198
Sorbus aucuparia
Concept
Q147159
Vicia cracca
Concept
Q146136
Rhamnus frangula
Concept
Q147843
Lysimachia vulgaris
Concept
Q5413585
Vaccinium myrtillus
Concept
Q156854
Galium verum
Concept
Q46156
Cleora cinctaria
Concept
1775-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1775
DATE
+28^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
28
NUMBER
+35^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
35
NUMBER
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host
host
parent taxon