Species Details

ABH: 70.097

BF: 1763

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Dysstroma truncata

=Chloroclysta truncata

=Dysstroma concinnata

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1767)

Vernacular: Common Marbled Carpet

Account: Common in a wide range of habitats, including gardens, parks, broad-leaved woodland, calcareous grassland, fens, heathland and moorland throughout the British Isles. Widespread and very common in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 32-39 mm. Very variable, with some forms resembling corresponding forms of Dark Marbled Carpet C. citrata, which see for differences. Larva feeds on various woody plants, including Silver and Downy Birch, Bramble, Heather, Privet and Hawthorn.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 32 — 39 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 24 Apr (2024) — 28 Nov (1991)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant:

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/dysstroma-truncata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2030

Individuals: 2037

Earliest Year: 1899

Latest Year: 2025

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