---
title: "Least Carpet"
description: "Idaea rusticata — Insectos y arañas. Idaea rusticata, the least carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/least-carpet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Least Carpet

> Idaea rusticata — Insectos y arañas. Idaea rusticata, the least carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae.

- Scientific name: *Idaea rusticata*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 12870
- Wikidata: [Q143144](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q143144)
- iNaturalist taxon: [450926](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/450926)

## Names

- en: Least Carpet
- de: Südlicher Zwergspanner
- fr: Phalène rustique
- nl: Schaduwstipspanner

## Countries with the most observations

GB (3847), FR (2504), DE (1131), HU (782), AT (658), IT (612), CH (552), BG (393), NL (374), UA (291), RU (210), CZ (146)

## Summary

Idaea rusticata, the least carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.

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

## Photo

![Least Carpet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/least-carpet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Pieter Huybrechts · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30737034

## Machine access

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