Trichopteryx carpinata, the early tooth-striped, is a moth of the family Geometridae.

It is found in most of Europe (except Iceland, Greece, Sicily, Sardinia and Croatia), east to the eastern Palearctic realm including the Russian Far East, Siberia, and the Ile District, Kazakhstan.

"Ground-colour whitish grey, in freshly emerged specimens with a very delicate green tinge; the markings somewhat darker brownish grey, but generally quite weakly expressed.

fasciata Prout the two central bands are very much darker, sometimes quite deep fuscous, giving the effect of a different species.

"[1] The larva is naked, green with narrow white longitudinal stripes.