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title: "Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet"
description: "Xanthorhoe ferrugata — Insectos y arañas. Xanthorhoe ferrugata, the dark-barred twin-spot carpet, is a moth of the genus Xanthorhoe in the family Geometridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/dark-barred-twin-spot-carpet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet

> Xanthorhoe ferrugata — Insectos y arañas. Xanthorhoe ferrugata, the dark-barred twin-spot carpet, is a moth of the genus Xanthorhoe in the family Geometridae.

- Scientific name: *Xanthorhoe ferrugata*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 13994
- Wikidata: [Q1266098](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1266098)
- iNaturalist taxon: [143485](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143485)

## Names

- en: Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
- de: Dunkler Rostfarben-Blattspanner
- fr: Rouillée
- nl: Vierbandspanner

## Countries with the most observations

US (4032), CA (3167), DE (509), GB (431), RU (419), AT (417), FI (379), ES (352), FR (265), DK (209), NL (175), PL (123)

## Summary

Xanthorhoe ferrugata, the dark-barred twin-spot carpet, is a moth of the genus Xanthorhoe in the family Geometridae. It was first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759 and has a Holarctic distribution.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthorhoe_ferrugata

## Photo

![Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dark-barred-twin-spot-carpet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Matt Schultz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/378800650

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dark-barred-twin-spot-carpet?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).