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 |
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Aplocera sp |
Archiearis parthenias |
Arctia caja |
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Arctia villica |
Aspitates gilvaria |
Atteva aurera |
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Autographa gamma |
Callimorpha dominula |
Callistege mi |
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Calliteara pudibunda |
Calliteara pudibunda |
Calliteara pudibunda |
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Camptogramma bilineata |
Catocala elocata |
Catocala nupta |
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Chiasmia clathrata |
Chrysodeixis chalcites |
Colacasia coryli |
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Colostigia pectinataria |
Colotois pennaria |
Conistra rubiginea |
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Cucullia santolinae |
Cyligramma latona |
Cymbalophora pudica |
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Diacrisia sannio |
Ectropis bistortata |
Eilema griseola |
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Ematurga atomaria |
Epirrhoe alternata |
Epirrita dilutata |
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Eublemma parva |
Euclidia glyphica |
Euproctis similis |
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Euthrix potatoria |
Grammodes stolida |
Gymnoscelis rufifasciata |
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Hemaris fuciformis |
Hemithea aestivaria |
Hyloicus pinastri |
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Hypena proboscidalis |
Idaea aversata |
Idaea filicata |
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Idaea seriata |
Lomaspilis marginata |
Lymantria monacha |
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Lymantria monacha |
Lythria cruentaria |
Macroglossum stellatarum |
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Mythimna unipunctata |
Noctua pronuba |
Odezia atrata |
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Operophtera brumata |
Orgyia antiqua |
Panemeria tenebrata |
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Panolis flammea |
Peribatodes ilicaria |
Peribatodes secundaria |
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Perigune narbonea |
Pheosia gnoma |
Phigalia pilosaria |
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Pseudopanthera macularia |
Rivula sericealis |
Scopula marginepunctata |
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Scotopteryx chenopodiata |
Selidosema taeniolaria |
Shargacucullia verbasci |
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Siona lineata |
Spoledea recurvalis |
Synanthedon formicaeformis |
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Thaumetopoea pityocampa |
Thaumetopoea pityocampa |
Timandra comae |
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Tyria jacobaeae |
Tyria jacobaeae |
Xanthorhoe fluctuata |
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Xanthorhoe montanata |
Zygaena fausta |
Zygaena filipendulae |
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Zygaena loti |
Zygaena trifolii |
Zygaena romeo |
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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 |
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Agapeta hamana |
Agonopterix subpropinquella |
Alucita hexadactyla |
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Amblyptilia |
Anthophila fabriciana |
Diurnea fagella |
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Elophila nymphaeata |
Endotricha flammealis |
Grapholita jungiella |
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Nymphula nitidulata (Beautiful China-mark) |
Tortricodes alternella |
Tortrix viridana (Green Oak Tortrix) |
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