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Grey pine carpet

Thera obeliscata (Hübner, [1787])

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The grey pine carpet (Thera obeliscata) is a species in the family Geometridae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the grey pine carpet

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest
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 grey pine carpet live?

Not recorded

Is the grey pine 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 grey pine carpet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGeometridae
  6. genusThera
  7. SpeciesThera obeliscata (Hübner, [1787])

Synonyms Cidaria obeliscata, Corythea variaria obeliscata, Larentia obeliscata, Phalaena obeliscata

Other names and names in other languages (22)
  • píďalka sosnováCzech
  • Brychan Llwyd PinwyddWelsh
  • Grå fyrremålerDanish
  • Brauner Kiefernwald-BlattspannerGerman
  • Männi-kirivaksikEstonian
  • havuneulasmittariFinnish
  • phalène sobreFrench
  • Gesztenyeszínű fenyőaraszolóHungarian
  • Pušyninė teraLithuanian
  • furubarmålerNorwegian Bokmål
  • NaaldboomspannerDutch
  • furubarmålarNorwegian Nynorsk
  • paśnik sosnowiecPolish
  • Пяденица-хвоеедRussian
  • piadivka borinnáSlovak
  • lokasti igličarSlovenian
  • violettgrå fältmätareSwedish
  • Brychanau Llwyd PinwyddWelsh
  • Matlinie nålemålerDanish
  • Zweibrütiger Kiefern-NadelholzspannerGerman
  • Corythée sobreFrench
  • Corythée sobre (La)French

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the grey pine carpet

Other species in the same genus Thera.

Fir carpet

Thera vetustata

GeometridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

What kind of animal is the grey pine carpet?

The grey pine carpet (Thera obeliscata) 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). Grey pine carpet (Thera obeliscata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-pine-carpet

MLA

“Grey pine carpet (Thera obeliscata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-pine-carpet.

BibTeX
@misc{grey_pine_carpet_2026,
  title = {Grey pine carpet (Thera obeliscata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-pine-carpet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}