Garden Moth Recording

All moths recorded since Aug 2016 using either:

Field Observation

20W Actinic or 25W Blacklight - Skinner Trap

20W Actinic or 25W Blacklight - Heath Trap

Toilet light with window left open overnight

Porchlight

Orange Swift (Triodia sylvina)
Common Swift (Korscheltellus lupulina)
Leopard Moth (Zeuzera pyrina)

Festoon (Apoda limacodes)
Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae stephensi)
Scalloped Hook-tip (Falcaria lacertinaria)
Oak Hook-tip (Watsonalla binaria)
Pebble Hook-tip (Drepana falcataria)

Chinese Character (Cilix glaucata)

Peach Blossom (Thyatira batis)

Buff Arches (Habrosyne pyritoides)

Common Lutestring (Ochropacha duplaris)

Frosted Green (Polyploca ridens)
December Moth (Poecilocampa populi)
Lackey (Malacosoma neustria)
Drinker (Euthrix potatoria)

Lime Hawk-Moth (Mimas tiliae)

Eyed Hawk-moth (Smerinthus ocellata)
Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi)

Pine Hawk-moth (Sphinx pinastri)
Privet Hawk-moth (Sphinx ligustri)

Humming-bird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila porcellus)

Least Carpet (Idaea rusticata)

Dwarf Cream Wave (Idaea fuscovenosa)

Small Dusty Wave (Idaea seriata)

Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata)

Treble Brown Spot (Idaea trigeminata)
Riband Wave (Idaea aversata)
Small Blood-vein (Scopula imitaria)

Blood-vein (Timandra comae)

Mocha (Cyclophora annularia)

Blair's Mocha (Cyclophora puppillaria)

Jersey Mocha (Cyclophora ruficcilaria)

Maiden's Blush (Cyclophora punctaria)

Clay Triple-lines (Cyclophora linearia)

Vestal (Rhodometra sacraria)

Gem (Nycterosea obstipata)

Garden Carpet (Xanthoroe fluctutata)

sub-sp. Garden Carpet (Xanthoroe fluctuata thules)

Red Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe spadicearia)

Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata)

Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata bilineata)
Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata alternata)

Streamer (Anticlea derivata)

July Highflyer (Hydriomena furcata)

May Highflyer (Hydriomena impluviata)

Pine Carpet (Pennithera firmata)

Spruce Carpet (Thera brittanica)

Cypress Carpet (Thera cupressata)

Barred Yellow (Cidaria fulvata)

Broken-barred Carpet (Electrophaes corylata)

Purple Bar (Cosmorhoe ocelleta)

Phoenix (Eulithis prunata)

Barred Straw (Gandaritis pyraliata)

Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata)

Red-Green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata)

Common Marbled Carpet (Dysstroma truncata)

Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria)

Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata)

Small Yellow Wave (Hydrelia flammeolaria)

Brown Scallop (Philereme vetulata)

Fern / Cypress Fern (Horisme tersata / radicaria agg.)

Pretty Chalk Carpet (Melanthia procellata)

Small Rivulet (Perizoma alchemillata)
Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)
V Pug (Chloroclystis v-ata)
Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata)

Haworth's Pug (Eupithecia haworthiata)

Slender Pug (Eupithecia tenuiata)

Maple Pug (Eupihecia inturbata)
Toadflax Pug (Eupithecia linariata)

Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata)

Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata)

Oak-tree Pug (Eupithecia dodoneata)
Cypress Pug (Eupithecia phoeniceata)

White-spotted Pug (Eupithecia tripunctaria)
Lime-speck Pug (Eupithecia centaureata)

Freyer's Pug (Eupithecia intracata intricata)

Wormwood Pug (Eupithecia absinthiata)
Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata)

Mottled Pug (Eupithecia exiguata exiguata)

Treble Bar (Aplocera plagiata plagiata)
Yellow-barred Brindle (Acasis viretata)

Scorched Wing (Plagodis dolabraria)

Peacock Moth (Macaria notata)

Scorched Carpet (Ligdia adustata)
Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)

Orange Moth (Angerona prunaria)
Canary-shouldered Thorn (Ennomos alniaria)

Dusky Thorn (Ennomos fuscantaria)

Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria)
Purple Thorn (Selenia tetralunaria)
Scalloped Oak (Crocallis elinguaria)
Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria)

Feathered Thorn (Colotois pennaria)

March Moth (Alsophila aescularia)

Pale Brindled Beauty (Phigalia pilosaria)

Brindled Beauty (Lycia hitaria)

Oak Beauty (Biston strataria)
Peppered Moth (Biston betularia)

Spring Usher (Agriopis leucophaearia)
Waved Umber (Menophra abruptaria)
Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria)
Mottled Beauty (Alcis repandata)
Great Oak Beauty (Hypomecis roboraria)
Engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia)
Common White Wave (Cabera pusaria)

Common Wave (Cabera exanthemata)

Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata)
Light Emerald (Campaea margaritaria)

Blotched Emerald (Comibaena bajularia)

Sallow Kitten (Furcula furcula)
Common Emerald (Hemithea aestivaria)
Poplar Kitten (Furcula bifida)

Lobster Moth (Stauropus fagi)

Lunar Marbled Brown (Drymonia ruficornis)

Pebble Prominant (Notodonta ziczac)
Iron Prominent (Notodonta dromedarius)

Great Prominent (Peridea anceps)
Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula)
Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala)

Chocolate-tip (Clostera curtula)

Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis)
Snout (Hypena proboscidalis)
Yellow Tail (Euproctis similis)
Pale Tussock (Calliteara pudibunda)

Vapourer (Orgyia antiqua)
Buff Ermine (Spilosoma lutea)

White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda)
Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica)

Ruby Tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa)

Garden Tiger (Arctia caja)

Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae)
Rosy Footman (Miltochrista miniata)

Four-spotted Footman (Lithosia quadra)

Red-necked Footman (Atolmis rubricollis)
Buff Footman (Eilema depressa)

Dingy Footman (Eilema griseola)

Common Footman (Eilema lurideola)
Scarce Footman (Eilema complana)

Orange Footman (Eilema sororcula)
Fan Foot (Herminia tarsipennalis)

Blackneck (Lygephila pastinum)

Beautiful Hook-tip (Lasperyia flexula)

Burnet Companion (Euclidia glyphica)

Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis)
Silver Y (Autographa gamma)

Beautiful Golden Y (Autographa pulchrina)
Nut-tree Tussock (Colocasia coryli)

Alder Moth (Acronicta alni)
Dagger sp. (Acronicta tridens / A. psi agg.)

Sycamore (Acronicta aceris)

Miller (Acronicta leporina)
Knot Grass (Acronicta rumicis)

Poplar Grey (Subacronicta megacephala)
Coronet (Craniophora ligustri)

Shark (Cucullia umbractica)
Mullein (Cucullia verbasci)

Toadflax Brocade (Calophasia lunula)
Copper Underwing (Amphipyra pyramidea)
Svennson's Copper Underwing (Amphipyra berbera)

Mouse Moth (Amphipyra tragopoginis)
Green-Brindled Crescent (Allophyes oxyacanthae)
Early Grey (Xylocampa areola)

Bordered Straw (Heliothis peltigera)

Scarce Bordered Straw (Helicoverpa armigera)
Tree-lichen Beauty (Cryphia algae)

Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus)

Clancy's Rustic (Caradrina kadenii)
Pale Mottled Willow (Caradrina clavipalpis)
Uncertain (Hoplodrina octogenaria)

Rustic (Hoplodrina blanda)
Vine's Rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua)
Treble Lines (Charanyca trigrammica)

Bird's Wing (Dypterygia scabriuscula)

Old Lady (Mormo maura)
Straw underwing (Thalpophila matura)
Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa)
Dusky Sallow (Eremobia ochroleuca)
Barred Sallow (Tiliacea aurago)
Sallow (Cirrhia icteritia)
Rosy Rustic (Hydracea micacea)
Flounced Rustic (Luperina testacea)
Bulrush Wainscot (Nonagria typhae)
Small Rufous (Coenobia rufa)
Clouded Brindle (Apamea epomidion)
Rustic Shoulder Knot (Apamea sordens)

Small Clouded Brindle (Apamea unanimis)
Dark Arches (Apamaea monoglypha)
Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea)

Reddish Light Arches (Apamea sublustris)
Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis)

Rosy Minor (Litoligia literosa)
Cloaked Minor (Mesoligia furunculka)
Marbled Minor / Tawny Marbled Minor (Oligia strigilis / latruncula agg.)
Middle-barred Minor (Oligia fasciuncula)
Beaded Chestnut (Agrochola lychnidis)
Brown-spot Pinion (Agrochola litura)
Red-line Quaker (Agrochola lota)
Lunar Underwing (Omphaloscelis lunosa)
Chestnut (Conistra vacinii)
Dotted Chestnut (Conistra rubiginea)

Pale Pinion (Lithophane socia)
Blair's Shoulder-knot (Lithophane leautieri)
Satellite (Eupsilia transversa)

Dun-bar (Cosmia trapezina)

Merveille du Jour (Griposia aprilina)

Deep-brown Dart (Aporophyla lutulenta)
Black Rustic (Aporophyla nigra)

Feathered Ranunculus (Polymixis lichenea)
Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta)

Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi)

Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda)
Powdered Quaker (Orthosia gracilis)
Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica)
Twin-spotted Quaker (Anorthoa munda)

Hedge Rustic (Tholera cespitis)

Feathered Gothic (Tholera decimalis)
Light Brocade (Lacanobia w-latinum)

Grey Arches (Polia nebulosa)
Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea)

Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae)

Shears (Hada plebeja)
Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae)

Broad-barred White (Hecatera bicolorata)
Varied Coronet (Hadena compta)
Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens)
Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura)
Delicate (Mythimna vitellina)
White Point (Mythimna albipuncta)

Clay (Mythimna ferrago)
L-album Wainscot (Mythimna l-album)

Shoulder-striped Wainscot (Leucania comma)3
Heart & Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)

Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum)
Heart & Club (Agrotis clavis)
Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta)

Dark Sword-grass (Agrotis ipsilon)

Flame (Axylia putris)
Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)

Ingrailed Clay (Diarsia mendica mendica)
Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua fimbriata)
Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes)
Least Yellow Underwing (Noctua interjecta
Langmaid's Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthina)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe)
Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa)
Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)

Least Black Arches (Nola confusalis)

Oak Nycteoline (Nycteola revayana)

Aspilapteryx tringipennella

Euspilapteryx auroguttella

Callisto denticulella

Hawthorn Moth (Sycthropia crataegella)

Bird-cherry Ermine (Yponomueta evonymella)

Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella)
Honeysuckle Moth (Ypsolopha dentella)

Ypsolopha mucronella

Oegoconia sp.

Blastobasis adustella

Blastobasis rebeli

Metalampra italica

White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella)

Brown House Moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella)

Crassa unitella

Batia lunaris
Tachystola acroxantha

Diurnia fagella

Carcina quercana

Agonopterix heraclinia

Agonopterix alstromeriana

Ethmia quadrillella

Coleophora albitarsella

Monochroa palustrellus

Syncopacme sp.

Dichomeris marginella

Helcystogramma rufescens

Twenty-plume Moth (Alucita hexadactyla)

Beautiful Plume (Amblyptilia acanthadactyla)
Crescent Plume (Marasmarcha lunaedactyla)

White Plume Moth (Pterophorus pentadactyla)

Common Plume (Emmelina monodactyla)

Cochylimorpha straminea

Agapeta hamana

Aethes rubigana
Cochylis molliculana

Cochylis atricapitana

Green Oak Tortrix (Tortrix viridana)

Aleimma loeflingiana

Acleris forsskaleana
Acleris laterana / comariana agg.

Acleris sparsana

Acleris aspersana

Acleris notana / ferrugana agg.

Acleris schalleriana
Garden Rose Tortrix (Acleris variegana)

Acleris cristana

Acleris literana

Tortricodes alternella

Eana incanana

Red-barred Tortrix (Ditula angustiorana)
Large Fruit-tree Tortrix (Archips podanai)
Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix (Rivula sericealis)

Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis heparana)

Syndemis musculana

Lozotaenia fosterana

Clepsis consimilana
Epiphyas postvittana

Lozotaeniodes formosana

Celypha striana

Celypha lacunana

Ancylis achatana

Spilonota ocellana

Eucosma campoliliana

Eucosma cana

Gypsonoma dealbana

Notocelia cynosbatella

Bramble Shoot Moth (Notocelia uddmanniana)
Dichrorampha petiverella

Dichrorampha alpinana

Dichrorampha acuminatana

Dichrorampha vancouverana

Cydia splendana

Codling Moth (Cydia polmonella)

Cydia amplana

Pammene fasciana

Bee moth (Aphomia sociella)

Synaphe punctalis

Gold Triangle (Hypsopygia costalis)

Hypsopygia glaucinalis

Endotricha flammealis

Elegia similella

Phycita roborella

Nephopterix angustella

Acrobasis advenella

Euzopheria pinguis

Homoeosoma sinuella

Scoparia ambigualis

Eudonia lacustrata
Eudonia angustea

Eudonia delunella

Chrysoteucha culmella

Crambus lathoniellis

Crambus perlella

Agriphila straminella

Agriphila tristella

Agriphila inquinatella

Agriphila geniculea

Catoptria pinella

Water Veneer (Acentria ephemerella) 

Ringed China-mark (Parapoynx stratiotata)

Evergestis limbata
Pyrausta aurata

Pyrausta despicata

Small Magpie (Anania hortulata)
Anania coronata
European Corn-borer (Ostrinia nubilalis)

Udea prunalis

Udea olivalis

Rusty-dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis)
Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis)

Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella)

Cydalima perspectalis

Last updated 15th July 2024