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Somber carpet

Disclisioprocta stellata (Guenée, [1858])

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The somber carpet (Disclisioprocta stellata) is a species in the family Geometridae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the somber 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 somber carpet live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. Ecuador

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 somber 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 somber carpet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGeometridae
  6. genusDisclisioprocta
  7. SpeciesDisclisioprocta stellata (Guenée, [1858])

Synonyms Camptogramma foedata, Gnophos fuscovariata, Larentia baliata, Larentia balteolata, Scotosia albosignata, Scotosia impauperata, Scotosia stellata

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Bougainvillea looperEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the somber carpet

Other species in the same genus Disclisioprocta.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the somber carpet an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the somber carpet?

The somber carpet (Disclisioprocta stellata) 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). Somber carpet (Disclisioprocta stellata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/somber-carpet

MLA

“Somber carpet (Disclisioprocta stellata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/somber-carpet.

BibTeX
@misc{somber_carpet_2026,
  title = {Somber carpet (Disclisioprocta stellata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/somber-carpet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}