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.
Adults typically fly in july and august there just isn t time for overwintering eggs to produce moths in may and early june.
Occurrence by month adults.
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.
70 098 dark marbled carpet dysstroma citrata.
Individual records comprise of.
D truncata common marbled carpet and d citrata dark marbled carpet are both very variable and very similar to each other.
Concise guide to the moths of great britain.
Dysstroma citrata dark marbled carpet 1 id.
There are 2746 county records of 16650 individuals from 216 different sites.
They can be distinguished by the following features which are illustrated in the galleries on the dysstroma page.
Dark marbled carpet dysstroma citrata linnaeus 1761 synonyms.
Wingspan 25 to 30 mm.
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Dark marbled carpet geometridae larentiinae chloroclysta citrata.
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.
Dark marbled carpet dysstroma citrata chloroclysta citrata the moths of suffolk.
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16647 adult 3 larval.
Martin townsend and paul waring illustrated by richard lewington british pyralid moths barry goater illustrated by geoffrey senior and robert dyke.
Like all moths that overwinter as an egg dark marbled carpet has one brood per year.
Identifying clothes carpet moths webbing clothes moth case bearing clothes moth.
Dark marbled carpet also has no equivalent of the common marbled carpet form with an orange yellow central area.
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