MOTHS
Family
Species
name
English
name
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Lasiocampidae
Poecilocampa populi
December moth
Macrothylacia rubi
Fox moth
Philudoria potatoria
Drinker
Geometridae
Xanthorhoe designata
Flame carpet
munitata
Red carpet
Epirrhoe alternata
Common carpet
Cosmorhoe ocellata
Purple bar
Eulithis pyraliata
Barred straw
mellinata
Spinach
testata
Chevron
Chloroclysta siterata
Red-green carpet
citrata
Dark marbled carpet
truncata
Common
marbled carpet
ydriomena furcata
July highflier
Eupithecia icterata
Tawny speckled pug
trisignaria
Triple spotted pug
distinctaria
Thyme pug
Aplocera plagiata
Treble bar
Abraxas grossulariata
Magpie moth
Opisthograptis luteolata
Brimstone moth
Colotois pennaria
Feathered thorn
Alcis repandata
Mottled beauty
Cleorodes lichenaria
Brussels lace
Cabera exanthemata
Common wave
Camptogramma bilineata
Yellow shell
Campea margaritata
Light emerald
Hepialidae
Hepialus humuli
Ghost moth
fusconebulosa
Map-winged swift
Arctiidae
Phragmatobia fuliginosa
Ruby tiger
Arctia caja
Garden tiger
Spilosoma lubricipeda
White ermine
luteum
Buff ermine
Tyria
jacobaeae
Cinnabar
Noctuidae
Diachrysia chrysitis
Burnished brass
Plusia festuca
Gold spot
Autographa bractea
Gold spangle
pulchrina
Beautiful golden Y
gamma
Silver Y
Abrostola triplasia
Spectacle
Rivula sericealis
Straw dot
Agrotis exclamationis
Heart and dart
Ochropleura plecta
Flame shoulder
Noctua pronuba
Large yellow underwing
comes
Lesser yellow underwing
Lycophotia porphyrea
True lovers knot
Diarsia mendica
Ingrailed clay
rubi
Small square-spot
brunnea
Purple clay
Xestia triangulum
Double square-spot
baja
Dotted clay
ashworthii
Square spot rustic
Polia nebulosa
Grey arches
Cerapteryx graminis
Antler moth
Phlogophora meticulosa
Angle shades
Apamea monoglypha
Dark arches
lithoxylaea
Light arches
Oligia fasciuncula
Middle-barred minor
Mesapamea secalis
Common rustic
Photedes pygmina
Small wainscot
Amphipoea oculea
Ear moth
Ceramica pisi
Broom moth
Mythimna impura
Smoky wainscot
Dasypolia templi
B
rindled ochre
Orthosia gothica
Hebrew character
Hadena rivularis
Campion
Hada nana
Shears
Standfussiana lucernea
Northern rustic
Stilbia anomala
Anomalous
Hydraecia micacea
Rosy rustic
Antitype chi
Grey
chi
Sphingidae
Deilephila porcellus
Small elephant hawk-moth
Macroglossum stellatarum
Humming-bird hawk-moth
Laothoe populi
Poplar hawk-moth
Zygaenidae
Zygaena filipendulae
Six-spot burnet
Saturniidae
Pavonia pavonia
Emperor moth
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