Dark Marbled Carpet Moth

The moth is well distributed but is mainly associated with deciduous woodland and areas that have a long history of woodland coverage.

Dark marbled carpet moth.

Like all moths that overwinter as an egg dark marbled carpet has one brood per year. If everyone who uses this resource gives a small amount we could cover our ongoing costs develop new features and upgrade the system. 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. 16647 adult 3 larval.

70 097 bf1764 common marbled carpet dysstroma truncata hufnagel 1767 synonyms. Concise guide to the moths of great britain. Occurrence by month adults. D truncata common marbled carpet and d citrata dark marbled carpet are both very variable and very similar to each other.

Individual records comprise of. Dysstroma citrata dark marbled carpet 1 id. Identifying clothes carpet moths webbing clothes moth case bearing clothes moth. Status a resident species that is not uncommon in local woodlands.

There are 2746 county records of 16650 individuals from 216 different sites. We need your help. 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. First recorded in 1829.

Adults typically fly in july and august there just isn t time for overwintering eggs to produce moths in may and early june. Wingspan 25 to 30 mm. We depend on donations to keep butterflies and moths of north america online and freely available. Dark marbled carpet geometridae larentiinae chloroclysta citrata.

Dark marbled carpet dysstroma citrata chloroclysta citrata the moths of suffolk. Dark marbled carpet dysstroma citrata linnaeus 1761 synonyms. Dark marbled carpet also has no equivalent of the common marbled carpet form with an orange yellow central area.