Purple Bar - Cosmorhoe ocellata
Wingspan 20 to 25 mm. This smallish member of the 'carpets' has a velvety look to the forewings.
Areas where bedstraws are present.
It flies from May to August, usually with two generations in the south, but a single brood further north.
The larvae feed on various types of bedstraw.
It is fairly common throughout Britain, and is regularly attracted to light. In a recent survey to determine the status of all macro moths in Britain this species was classified as common.
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = A (common and resident).
Pete Leonard
Hose Thorns
02 September 2021
David Nicholls
Ketton Quarry
13 June 2014
Pete Leonard
Stonesby Quarry NR
19 May 2020
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Species profile
- Common names
- Purple Bar
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Geometridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 24
- First record:
- 13/06/2014 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 21/08/2022 (Higgott, Mike)
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Lindsi Donovan
Charnwood Lodge NR
10 August 2017
Annie Smith
Charnwood Lodge NR
26 September 2017
MFBraker
Bradgatedeerbarns
14 August 2017
Purple-bar
Andy's Rutland
Empingham garden
13 June 2020
