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Cypress carpet

Thera cupressata (Geyer, [1831])

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The cypress carpet (Thera cupressata) is a species in the family Geometridae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the cypress carpet

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cypress carpet live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cypress carpet as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Germany

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the cypress carpet endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the cypress carpet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGeometridae
  6. genusThera
  7. SpeciesThera cupressata (Geyer, [1831])

Synonyms Chesias cupestrata, Geometra cupressata, Larentia cupressata, Thera grandiscana

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Brychan CypreswyddWelsh
  • ZypressenspannerGerman
  • Corythée du CyprèsFrench
  • CipresspannerDutch
  • cipresin igličarSlovenian
  • Brychanau CypreswyddWelsh
  • Corythée du Cyprès (La)French

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cypress carpet

Other species in the same genus Thera.

Fir carpet

Thera vetustata

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the cypress carpet an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cypress carpet as introduced in 1 country: Germany, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the cypress carpet?

The cypress carpet (Thera cupressata) belongs to the family Geometridae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cypress carpet (Thera cupressata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cypress-carpet

MLA

“Cypress carpet (Thera cupressata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cypress-carpet.

BibTeX
@misc{cypress_carpet_2026,
  title = {Cypress carpet (Thera cupressata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cypress-carpet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}