The Flame Carpet is a small, attractively patterned geometrid moth with reddish-orange and white cross-bands on its wings, giving it a vivid, flame-like appearance. It flies in two generations per year and is attracted to light. The inchworm caterpillar feeds on bedstraws and plantains in low vegetation.
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