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 Chrysodeixis chalcites 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 Grammodes stolida 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 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 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 Anthophila fabriciana Diurnea fagella
Elophila nymphaeata Endotricha flammealis Grapholita jungiella
Nymphula nitidulata (Beautiful China-mark) Tortricodes alternella Tortrix viridana (Green Oak Tortrix)

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