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.

Abraxas grossulariata	Agriopis leucophaearia	Amata phegea

Amphipyra pyramidea	Aplocera sp	Archiearis parthenias

Archips xylosteana	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

Chrysodeixis chalcites	Colacasia coryli	Colostigia pectinataria

Colotois pennaria	Conistra rubiginea	Cosmia trapezina

Cucullia santolinae	Cydalima perspectalis	Cyligramma latona

Cymbalophora pudica	Diacrisia sannio	Ectropis bistortata

Eilema griseola	Eilema sororcula	Ematurga atomaria

Epirrhoe alternata	Epirrita dilutata	Eublemma parva

Euclidia glyphica	Euproctis similis	Euthrix potatoria

Grammodes stolida	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Hemaris fuciformis

Hemithea aestivaria	Hyloicus pinastri	Hypena proboscidalis

Idaea aversata	Idaea filicata	Idaea seriata

Idaea subsericeata	Lomaspilis marginata	Lymantria monacha

Lymantria monacha	Lythria cruentaria	Macroglossum stellatarum

Mythimna unipunctata	Noctua pronuba	Ocnogyna clathrata

Odezia atrata	Operophtera brumata	Orgyia antiqua

Panemeria tenebrata	Panolis flammea	Peribatodes ilicaria

Peribatodes secundaria	Perigune narbonea	Phalaenoides tristifica

Pheosia gnoma	Phigalia pilosaria	Pseudopanthera macularia

Rivula sericealis	Scopula marginepunctata	Scotopteryx chenopodiata

Selidosema taeniolaria	Shargacucullia verbasci	Siona lineata

Spodoptera sp	Spoledea recurvalis	Synanthedon formicaeformis

Thaumetopoea pityocampa	Thaumetopoea pityocampa	Timandra comae

Tyria jacobaeae	Tyria jacobaeae	Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Xanthorhoe montanata	Zygaena fausta	Zygaena filipendulae

Zygaena loti	Zygaena osterodensis	Zygaena trifolii

Zygaena romeo

Micro Moths

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

Adela reaumurella	Agapeta hamana

Agonopterix subpropinquella	Alucita hexadactyla	Amblyptilia

Anania hortulata	Anthophila fabriciana	Diurnea fagella

Elophila nymphaeata	Endotricha flammealis	Grapholita jungiella

Nymphula nitidulata	Tortricodes alternella	Tortrix viridana