Common Carpet Moth

Common Carpet Moth

Epirrhoe alternata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Moscow

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

133 Verified sightings at Moscow
276 In all 11 parks From 2019 to 2026
August Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Common Carpet Moth

The common carpet or white-banded toothed carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Otto Friedrich Müller in 1764. It is found throughout the Palearctic and the Near East. In North America it ranges across the northern tier of the United States plus every province and territory of Canada. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~20%
2 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
3 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
4 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
5 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
6 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
~10%
7 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
8 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
9 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~10%
10 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
11 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Liverpool 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~20%
2 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
~10%
3 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
4 Prague 🇨🇿 Czechia
~10%
5 Manchester 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
6 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
7 Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal
~10%
8 Birmingham 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
9 Nizhny Novgorod 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
10 Hamburg 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Common Carpet Moth in Moscow?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Carpet Moth sighting in Moscow on a given day, based on 133 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 60th most-seen of the 1111 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Common Carpet Moth in Moscow?

May to August

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Carpet Moth in Moscow on a given day, against under 5% in September to April, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Common Carpet Moth?

Between 10 pm and 1 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Carpet Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.

Is Moscow the best place to see a Common Carpet Moth?

15th of 28

Of the 28 cities where we can rate Common Carpet Moth sightings, Moscow ranks 15th at about 10%. The best odds are in Liverpool (United Kingdom, about 20%), Helsinki (Finland, about 10%) and Berlin (Germany, about 10%).

Where does the Common Carpet Moth sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Common Carpet Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Moscow (133 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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