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	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

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)