Plemyria rubiginata

Blue-bordered carpet
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P. rubiginata
Binomial name
Plemyria rubiginata
Synonyms
  • Geometra rubiginata Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Phalaena bicolorata Hufnagel, 1767 (preocc.)
  • Zerene plumbata Curtis, 1837

Plemyria rubiginata, the blue-bordered carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae found in Europe and across the Palearctic. The moth was first described by the Austrian lepidopterists Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6