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Xanthorhoe decoloraria
Red Carpet
Xanthorhoe decoloraria, commonly known as the red carpet, is a small geometrid moth described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1806. The species exhibits considerable wing pattern variation and is distributed across northern Europe, Asia, and North America, with southern populations restricted to mountainous regions. Adults are active during mid-summer, and larvae feed on Alchemilla species.