Dark Marbled Carpet Moth

16647 adult 3 larval.

Dark marbled carpet moth.

Dysstroma citrata dark marbled carpet 1 id. Dark marbled carpet dysstroma citrata linnaeus 1761 synonyms. Dark marbled carpet dysstroma citrata chloroclysta citrata the moths of suffolk. Status a resident species that is not uncommon in local woodlands.

Martin townsend and paul waring illustrated by richard lewington british pyralid moths barry goater illustrated by geoffrey senior and robert dyke. Identifying clothes carpet moths webbing clothes moth case bearing clothes moth. 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. They can be distinguished by the following features which are illustrated in the galleries on the dysstroma page.

We need your help. The moth is well distributed but is mainly associated with deciduous woodland and areas that have a long history of woodland coverage. 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 also has no equivalent of the common marbled carpet form with an orange yellow central area.

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

Like all moths that overwinter as an egg dark marbled carpet has one brood per year. 70 097 bf1764 common marbled carpet dysstroma truncata hufnagel 1767 synonyms. We depend on donations to keep butterflies and moths of north america online and freely available. 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. Concise guide to the moths of great britain. Occurrence by month adults.