Lithostege griseata
Encyclopedia
The Grey Carpet is a moth
of the Geometridae family. It is found in most of Europe
, from Great Britain
and the Iberian Peninsula
to the Ural Mountains
and further east to central Asia
and Transcaucasia, Asia Minor
and the Near East
.
The wingspan
is 28–31 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.
The larvae feed on the developing seeds of Descurainia sophia and Erysimum cheiranthoides
. They are green with a pale line along the side.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Geometridae family. It is found in most of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, from Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
and the Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula , sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar...
to the Ural Mountains
Ural Mountains
The Ural Mountains , or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the Ural River and northwestern Kazakhstan. Their eastern side is usually considered the natural boundary between Europe and Asia...
and further east to central Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
and Transcaucasia, Asia Minor
Asia Minor
Asia Minor is a geographical location at the westernmost protrusion of Asia, also called Anatolia, and corresponds to the western two thirds of the Asian part of Turkey...
and the Near East
Near East
The Near East is a geographical term that covers different countries for geographers, archeologists, and historians, on the one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 28–31 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.
The larvae feed on the developing seeds of Descurainia sophia and Erysimum cheiranthoides
Erysimum cheiranthoides
Erysimum cheiranthoides is a species of Erysimum native to most of central and northern Europe and northern and central Asia....
. They are green with a pale line along the side.
Subspecies
- Lithostege griseata griseata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Lithostege griseata cycnaria Guenée, 1858