Dysstroma citrata dark marbled carpet 1 id.
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.
Individual records comprise of.
Wingspan 25 to 30 mm.
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Status a resident species that is not uncommon in local woodlands.
Identifying clothes carpet moths webbing clothes moth case bearing clothes moth.
Occurrence by month adults.
They can be distinguished by the following features which are illustrated in the galleries on the dysstroma page.
First recorded in 1829.
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.
16647 adult 3 larval.
70 097 bf1764 common marbled carpet dysstroma truncata hufnagel 1767 synonyms.
There are 2746 county records of 16650 individuals from 216 different sites.
Dark marbled carpet geometridae larentiinae chloroclysta citrata.
Concise guide to the moths of great britain.
Martin townsend and paul waring illustrated by richard lewington british pyralid moths barry goater illustrated by geoffrey senior and robert dyke.
Dark marbled carpet dysstroma citrata linnaeus 1761 synonyms.
D truncata common marbled carpet and d citrata dark marbled carpet are both very variable and very similar to each other.
70 098 dark marbled carpet dysstroma citrata.
Like all moths that overwinter as an egg dark marbled carpet has one brood per year.
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.
Dark marbled carpet also has no equivalent of the common marbled carpet form with an orange yellow central area.
