Moths

My moth collection has grown but it is the result of opportunism, rather than being built by my actually seeking out moths. I don’t set moth traps for the night flying moths and, thus, I am somewhat limited to day flying moths or any that we happen to spot resting, waiting for the hours of darkness.

I am a self-confessed moth numbskull who’s rubbish at identifying them. Thus, for many of these identifications I am indebted to our county moth recorders at the BNHS, iSpot and more recently iNaturalist. I have resorted to an accursed app [Obsidentify] for some help, too, but regard it with some suspicion.

Sequencing such collections drives me nuts. I used to follow that of the Concise Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland (Townsend/Waring), foreign species being shoehorned in, but I found it difficult deciding if I had a repeat or not. So, I now stick to going alphabetically by scientific name. That makes much more sense for foreign jobs, anyway.

Agriopis leucophaearia	Amasta phegea	Amphipyra pyramidea

Aplocera sp	Archiearis parthenias	Arctia caja

Arctia villica	Aspitates gilvaria	Atteva aurera

Autographa gamma	Callimorpha dominula	Callistege mi

Calliteara pudibunda	Calliteara pudibunda	Calliteara pudibunda

Camptogramma bilineata	Catocala elocata	Catocala nupta

Chiasmia clathrata	Colacasia coryli	Colostigia pectinataria

Colotois pennaria	Conistra rubiginea	Cucullia santolinae

Cyligramma latona	Cymbalophora pudica	Diacrisia sannio

Ectropis bistortata	Eilema griseola	Ematurga atomaria

Epirrhoe alternata	Epirrita dilutata	Eublemma parva

Euclidia glyphica	Euproctis similis	Euthrix potatoria

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Hemaris fuciformis	Hemithea aestivaria

Hyloicus pinastri	Hypena proboscidalis	Idaea aversata

Idaea filicata	Idaea seriata	Lomaspilis marginata

Lymantria monacha	Lymantria monacha	Lythria cruentaria

Macroglossum stellatarum	Mythimna unipunctata	Noctua pronuba

Odezia atrata	Operophtera brumata	Orgyia antiqua

Panemeria tenebrata	Panolis flammea	Peribatodes ilicaria

Peribatodes secundaria	Perigune narbonea	Pheosia gnoma

Phigalia pilosaria	Pseudopanthera macularia	Rivula sericealis

Scopula marginepunctata	Scotopteryx chenopodiata	Selidosema taeniolaria

Shargacucullia verbasci	Siona lineata	Synanthedon formicaeformis

Thaumetopoea pityocampa	Thaumetopoea pityocampa	Timandra comae

Tyria jacobaeae	Tyria jacobaeae	Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Xanthorhoe montanata	Zygaena fausta	Zygaena filipendulae

Zygaena loti	Zygaena trifolii	Zygaena romeo

Micro Moths

Since most micro moths do not have common Names, alphabetical sequence on scientific name is pretty the only option anyway.

Adela reaumurella

Agapeta hamana	Agonopterix subpropinquella	Alucita hexadactyla

Amblyptilia	Anthophila fabriciana	Diurnea fagella

Elophila nymphaeata	Endotricha flammealis	Grapholita jungiella

Nymphula nitidulata (Beautiful China-mark)	Tortricodes alternella	Tortrix viridana (Green Oak Tortrix)