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Fir carpet

Thera vetustata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about the fir carpet

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)
Generations a year
Two
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the fir carpet live?

Not recorded

Is the fir 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 fir carpet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGeometridae
  6. genusThera
  7. SpeciesThera vetustata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Synonyms Chesias vitiosata, Corythea resinaria, Geometra stragulata, Geometra vetustata, Melanthia stragularia, Thera stragulata, Thera variata vitiosata, Zerene pittneraria

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • píďalka jedlováCzech
  • Weißtannen-NadelholzspannerGerman
  • Phalène étrangléeFrench
  • Lucfenyő-araszolóHungarian
  • Witte sparspannerDutch
  • piadivka jedľováSlovak
  • črnolisi igličarSlovenian
  • Bergfichtenwald-BlattspannerGerman
  • Heller Fichtenwald-BlattspannerGerman
  • Corythée étrangléeFrench
  • Corythée étranglée (La)French

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the fir carpet

Other species in the same genus Thera.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the fir carpet?

The fir carpet (Thera vetustata) 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). Fir carpet (Thera vetustata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/fir-carpet

MLA

“Fir carpet (Thera vetustata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/fir-carpet.

BibTeX
@misc{fir_carpet_2026,
  title = {Fir carpet (Thera vetustata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/fir-carpet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}