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title: "American Sharp-angled Carpet"
description: "Euphyia intermediata — Insecten en spinnen. Euphyia intermediata, the sharp-angled carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/american-sharp-angled-carpet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# American Sharp-angled Carpet

> Euphyia intermediata — Insecten en spinnen. Euphyia intermediata, the sharp-angled carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae.

- Scientific name: *Euphyia intermediata*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11040
- Wikidata: [Q5410755](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5410755)
- iNaturalist taxon: [120275](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120275)

## Names

- en: American Sharp-angled Carpet
- fr: Phalène à bande pointue

## Countries with the most observations

US (2839), CA (2634), MX (6)

## Summary

Euphyia intermediata, the sharp-angled carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found from coast-to-coast in southern Canada and the northern United States, south in the east to North Carolina, south in the west to California, Utah, and possibly Arizona. It is also found north to the Northwest Territories and Alaska.
The European species Euphyia unangulata was previously thought to be Holarctic. The name was therefore also applied to the North American populations. Malcolm J. Scoble et al. in Geometrid Moths of the World (1999) split them into distinct…

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

## Photo

![American Sharp-angled Carpet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/american-sharp-angled-carpet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kent P. McFarland · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1897636

## Machine access

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