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Brown Carpet Moth

Chloroclystis sp Family: Geometridae : Larentiinae

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A small brownish moth with a wingspan of about 20mm. Fore wings were stretched at right angles to the body. Both pairs of wings had wavy patterns with multiple colours. Thick but soft hairs were seen along the median edges of the hind wings.

Habitat:

outside garden shed

Notes:

The colourful transverse wavy patterns on the wings give these moths their name "carpet moths".

Reference Links:

LARENTIINAE - Carpet Moths

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Comments (2)
C.Sydes
a beautiful moth when one gets past "brown"

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PublishedFebruary 6, 2012

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