Bug FAQVariable Carpet Moth
Anticlea vasiliata · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Geometridae
Also called: Variable Carpet
The adult moth has a wingspan of about three centimeters. It lives across northern United States and southern Canada, from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific Northwest. Adults are active from spring into early summer, roughly April through June.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Wingspan is roughly 30 mm.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
Larvae feed on raspberry (Rubus idaeus) and Carolina rose (Rosa carolina).
Source: Wikipedia
When you see it
Adults are on the wing from April to June.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 33 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Alaska, Vermont, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Washington, New York, New Hampshire, Michigan.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Questions people ask
Same family (Geometridae)
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria
Pale BeautyCampaea perlataDamages trees, gardens or crops
Large Lace-border MothScopula limboundataDamages trees, gardens or crops
Riband WaveIdaea aversata
Yellow Shell MothCamptogramma bilineata
Large Maple Spanworm MothProchoerodes lineolaDamages trees, gardens or cropsSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticlea_vasiliata
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.