Dark Marbled Carpet Moth

Martin townsend and paul waring illustrated by richard lewington british pyralid moths barry goater illustrated by geoffrey senior and robert dyke.

Dark marbled carpet moth.

Occurrence by month adults. Dark marbled carpet geometridae larentiinae chloroclysta citrata. Concise guide to the moths of great britain. Dysstroma citrata dark marbled carpet 1 id.

The most common clothes moths are the webbing clothes moth easily identified with a golden colour and around half an inch in length and the case bearing moth which can be identified about inch long and their forewings are mottled brown with one large and a few. If everyone who uses this resource gives a small amount we could cover our ongoing costs develop new features and upgrade the system. Dark marbled carpet dysstroma citrata chloroclysta citrata the moths of suffolk. Wingspan 25 to 30 mm.

Very similar to common marbled carpet dysstroma truncata there are subtle separation characteristics based on the shape of the postmedian line on the underwings which is more angular in this species. Like all moths that overwinter as an egg dark marbled carpet has one brood per year. Dark marbled carpet dysstroma citrata linnaeus 1761 synonyms. 16647 adult 3 larval.

First recorded in 1829. They can be distinguished by the following features which are illustrated in the galleries on the dysstroma page. Identifying clothes carpet moths webbing clothes moth case bearing clothes moth. We need your help.

Individual records comprise of. Adults typically fly in july and august there just isn t time for overwintering eggs to produce moths in may and early june. D truncata common marbled carpet and d citrata dark marbled carpet are both very variable and very similar to each other. There are 2746 county records of 16650 individuals from 216 different sites.

70 097 bf1764 common marbled carpet dysstroma truncata hufnagel 1767 synonyms. Dark marbled carpet also has no equivalent of the common marbled carpet form with an orange yellow central area. The moth is well distributed but is mainly associated with deciduous woodland and areas that have a long history of woodland coverage.