Dysstroma latefasciata

Dysstroma latefasciata, the Siberian carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Fennoscandia to eastern Siberia and Mongolia.

Dysstroma latefasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Dysstroma
Species:	D. latefasciata
Binomial name
Dysstroma latefasciata (Blocker, 1908)
Synonyms
Chloroclysta latefasciata Blocker, 1908 Cidaria latefasciata Larentia latefasciata

The wingspan is 26–35 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of June to September.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium myrtillus, Vaccinium uliginosum, Rubus chamaemorus, Rhododendron tomentosum and Fragaria vesca. Larvae can be found from August to June. The species overwinters in the larval stage.

Taxonomy

Sources disagree on the authority for this species. While some sources claim the species was described by Staudinger in 1889,^[1] others state it was described by Staudinger in 1882,^[2] Dahl in 1900^[3] or Blocker in 1908.^[4]