Common Marbled Carpet Moth

Occurrence by month adults.

Common marbled carpet moth.

Geometridae larentiinae flies. Identifying clothes carpet moths webbing clothes moth case bearing clothes moth. 19 june 2013. It inhabits woodland and moorland habitats.

70 097 common marbled carpet dysstroma truncata. Common marbled carpet dysstroma truncata hufnagel 1767. 1 forewing median fascia has a 2 3 pointed projection from its distal margin the projection is longer and its apices more pointed in d citrata. 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.

Seems to be either totally absent or scarce south east of the river trent. 70 097 bf1764 common marbled carpet dysstroma truncata hufnagel 1767 synonyms. There are 6432 county records of 16066 individuals from 311 different sites. This is one of the most variable of the geometrids both in size wingspan 32 39 mm and colour.

D truncata common marbled carpet and d citrata dark marbled carpet are both very variable and very similar to each other they can be distinguished by the following features which are illustrated in the galleries on the dysstroma page. 70 097 bf1764 graham calow. 16059 adult 7 larval. Common marbled carpet common marbled carpet dysstroma truncata.

Common marbled carpet latin name. The common marbled carpet dysstroma truncata is a moth of the family geometridae it is sometimes placed in the genus chloroclysta it is very common throughout the palearctic region and the near east the species was first described by johann siegfried hufnagel in 1767. In association with the norfolk moth survey. May to june and august to november this photo.

Individual records comprise of. Click here to support naturespot by making a donation small or large your gift is very much appreciated. It is distributed throughout britain though more local in the south and the adults fly in july and august. Very similar to common marbled carpet there are subtle separation characteristics based on the shape of the postmedian line on the underwings which is more angular in this species.

Formerly known as chloroclysta truncata. Status an often very common moth which often shows considerable variation in markings and colouration.