70.097 BF1764 – Common Marbled Carpet – Geometridae – Dysstroma truncata
Common Marbled Carpet – Geometridae – Larentiinae – Dysstroma truncata – colour code •
STATUS – A resident species that is common and widely distributed throughout Derbyshire.
ID POINTERS – Can be confused with Dark Marbled Carpet. It is very variable in patterning and colour and one form has a large unmistakeable orange-brown patch on the forewing. The central cross-band is narrow and does not have such a long and pointed central projection as in Dark marbled Carpet.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing between May – July and August-October.
IMAGES – Melbourne- May 2014 and Kings Newton. – Images by Tony Davison©
Common Marbled Carpet – September 2015
Common Marbled Carpet – showing several different colour forms – Melbourne – May 2014
