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Juniper carpet

Thera juniperata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about the juniper 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
One
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the juniper carpet live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. United States

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 juniper 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 juniper carpet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGeometridae
  6. genusThera
  7. SpeciesThera juniperata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Cidaria juniperata, Larentia juniperata, Phalaena juniperata

Other names and names in other languages (26)
  • píďalka jalovcováCzech
  • Brychan MerywWelsh
  • EnebærmålerDanish
  • Grauer Wacholder-NadelholzspannerGerman
  • Kadaka-kirivaksikEstonian
  • katajamittariFinnish
  • phalène du genévrierFrench
  • Őszi borókaaraszolóHungarian
  • Kadaginė TeraLithuanian
  • grå einerbarmålerNorwegian Bokmål
  • JeneverbesspannerDutch
  • grå einerbarmålarNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Paśnik jałowczakPolish
  • Пяденица можжевельниковаяRussian
  • piadivka borievkováSlovak
  • brinov igličarSlovenian
  • enfältmätareSwedish
  • Brychanau MerywWelsh
  • Enebær-bladmålerDanish
  • Enebær-dværgmaalerDanish
  • Grå bladmålerDanish
  • Streg enebærnålemålerDanish
  • Grauer Buschhalden-Wacholder-BlattspannerGerman
  • Corythée du GenévrierFrench
  • Corythée du Genévrier (La)French
  • Пяденица-цидария можжевеловаяRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the juniper 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.

Is the juniper carpet an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the juniper carpet?

The juniper carpet (Thera juniperata) 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). Juniper carpet (Thera juniperata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/juniper-carpet

MLA

“Juniper carpet (Thera juniperata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/juniper-carpet.

BibTeX
@misc{juniper_carpet_2026,
  title = {Juniper carpet (Thera juniperata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/juniper-carpet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}