Grey Carpet
Lithostege griseata
Lithostege griseata, the grey carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.
28
Countries
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Taxonomy & Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Lithostege
Grey Carpet belongs to the family Geometridae, order Lepidoptera, within the Insecta class.
Species Profile
Lithostege griseata, the grey carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in most of Europe, from Great Britain and the Iberian Peninsula to the Ural Mountains and further east to central Asia and Transcaucasia, Asia Minor and the Near East.
The Grey Carpet (Lithostege griseata) is critically endangered primarily due to severe habitat loss and fragmentation of its specialized coastal dune and grassland ecosystems. Climate change and sea level rise pose additional threats to its remaining coastal habitats, while the species' extremely limited range and small population size make it highly vulnerable to extinction.
Key Facts
Habitat & Distribution
Threats
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered
The Grey Carpet (Lithostege griseata) is critically endangered primarily due to severe habitat loss and fragmentation of its specialized coastal dune and grassland ecosystems. Climate change and sea level rise pose additional threats to its remaining coastal habitats, while the species' extremely limited range and small population size make it highly vulnerable to extinction.
Climate change and sea level rise
Coastal development and urbanization
Habitat loss and fragmentation
Small population size and genetic bottlenecks
Loss of host plant species
Found in 28 Countries
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Sources & Attribution
How to Cite
IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS
GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org
This page: SpeciesRadar (2025). Grey Carpet (Lithostege griseata). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/grey-carpet