Common carpet: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common carpet lives – recorded in 20 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Epirrhoe alternata
Group	Butterflies & moths
Found in	20 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Class	Insect
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Geometridae

Where does the common carpet live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common carpet in 20 countries and territories across Europe and North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the common carpet?

The common carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) is an insect in the order Lepidoptera and the family Geometridae, genus Epirrhoe. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common carpet

The common carpet or white-banded toothed carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Otto Friedrich Müller in 1764. It is found throughout the Palearctic and the Near East. In North America it ranges across the northern tier of the United States plus every province and territory of Canada.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common carpet (revision 1380214433), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1543684 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).