#2981 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Bent-lined Carpet

🇳🇱 Reiziger ·Costaconvexa centrostrigaria

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Ashley Bosarge · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © David Kaposi · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © nolieschneider · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Scott King · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jim Vargo at Moth Photographers Group · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. New York, US:© thegreenjay · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Val Verde County, TX, USA:© David G. Barker · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Parker, TX 75002, USA:© Arica Shields · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Columbia County, AR, USA:© PRSonnen · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Long Canyon, Austin, TX 78730, USA:© Todd Council · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Costaconvexa centrostrigaria , the traveller or bent-line carpet , is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is native to most of North America, except the Arctic. It is an introduced species in Great Britain, the Canary Islands, the Azores and Madeira.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 28,725iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
28,725 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Thomas Vernon Wollaston in 1858 (168 years ago).