Garden Carpet

Xanthorhoe fluctuata fluctuata

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae

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.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 21

Sources and credits

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Garden Carpet

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