Garden carpet: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the garden carpet lives – recorded in 19 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Xanthorhoe fluctuata
Group	Butterflies & moths
Found in	19 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Insect
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Geometridae

Where does the garden carpet live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the garden carpet in 19 countries and territories across Europe.

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 garden carpet?

The garden carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata) is an insect in the order Lepidoptera and the family Geometridae, genus Xanthorhoe. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the garden carpet

The garden carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is an abundant and familiar species across its huge range which covers the whole Palearctic region from Ireland to Japan and including the Near East and North Africa. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Garden carpet (revision 1359186224), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q765903 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).