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Natural History of Radley

 
Butterflies and Moths (lepidoptera)

 

 
Moths
 

All of the moths on this list marked * were found in the general vicinity of

Bullfield and Thrupp Lakes during 2003-2009.

 

INCURVARIIDAE

TINEIDAE

  • Clothes Moth (Tineola bisselliella)
  • Brown House-moth (Hofmannophila pseudopretella)

SESIIDAE

  • Hornet Moth (Sesia apiformis Linnaeus)*
  • Yellow-legged clearwing (Synanthedon vespiformis Linnaeus)*
  • Orange-tailed clearwing (Synanthedon andrenaeformis Linnaeus)*
  • Red belted clearwing (Synanthedon myopaeformis Laspeyres)*
  • Large red belted clearwing (Synanthedon culiciformis Linneaus)*

CHOREUTIDAE

OECOPHORIDAE

TORTRICIDAE

  • Large fruit tree tortrix (Tortrix podana)*
  • Green oak tortrix (Tortrix viridana)*
  • Agapeta hamana Linnaeus*
  • Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella Linnaeus)

ALUCITIDAE

PYRALIDAE

  • Myelois Cribrella Hübner
  • Small magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata Linnaeus)*
  • Eurrhypara coronata Hufnagel*
  • Mother-of-pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis Scopoli)*
  • Crambus pascuella Linnaeus - A grass veneer
  • Pyrausta purpuralis Linnaeus - A purple and gold*
  • Pyrausta aurata Scopoli - A purple and gold*
  • Scoparia arundinata Thunberg*
  • Bee moth (Aphomia sociella Linnaeus)*
  • Garden pebble (Evergestis forficalis Linnaeus)*
  • Rush veneer (Nomophila noctuella Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Brown china-mark (Nymphula nymphaeata)*
  • Sitochroa palealis Denis & Schiffermüller*
  • Endotricha flammealis Denis & Schiffermüller*

PTEROPHORIDAE


HEPIALIDAE

 

  • Ghost (Hepialus humuli Linnaeus)*
  • Orange swift (Hepialus sylvina Linnaeus)*
  • Gold swift (Hepialus hecta Linnaeus)*
  • Common swift (Hepialus lupulinus Linnaeus)*

LASIOCAMPIDAE

 

DREPANIDAE

 

  • Scalloped hook tip (Falcaria lacertinaria Linnaeus)*
  • Oak hook tip (Drepana binaria Hufnagel)*
  • Pebble hook tip (Drepana falcataria Linnaeus)*
  • Chinese character (Cilix glaucata Scopoli)*

THYATIRIDAE

 

  • Peach blossom (Thyatira batis Linnaeus)*
  • Buff arches (Habrosyne pyritoides Hufnagel)*
  • Figure of 80 (Tethea ocularis Hübner)*
  • Frosted green (Polyploca ridens Fabricius)*

Incurvaria masculella, photographed 30 April 2005 by B Crowley. ID courtesy of the Berks Moth Group.

Incurvaria masculella - male - on honeysuckle shoot (30 April 2005)

 

 

 

 

More photos >

GEOMETRIDAE

  • Large emerald (Geometra papilionaria Linnaeus)*
  • Blotched emerald (Comibaena bajularia Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Common emerald (Hemithea aestivaria Hübner)*
  • Small emerald (Hemistola chrysoprasariam Esper)*
  • Maiden's blush (Cyclophora punctaria Linnaeus)*
  • Bloodvein (Timandra comae Schmidt)*
  • Small blood vein (Scopula imitaria Hübner)*
  • Cream Wave (Scopula floslactata Haworth)*
  • Mullein wave (Scopula marginepunctata Goeze)
  • Least carpet (Idaea rusticata Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Small fan footed wave (Idaea biselata Hufnagel)*
  • Dwarf cream wave (Idaea fuscovenosa Goeze)*
  • Small dusty wave (Idaea seriata Schrank)*
  • Single dotted wave (Idaea dimidiata Hufnagel)*
  • Treble brown spot (Idaea trigeminata Haworth)*
  • Small scallop (Idaea emarginata Linnaeus)*
  • Riband wave (Idaea aversata Linnaeus f. remutata)*
  • Riband wave (Idaea aversata Linnaeus, ribboned form)*
  • Plain wave (Idaea straminata Borkhausen)*
  • Gem (Orthonama obstipata Fabricius)*
  • Flame carpet (Xanthorhoe designata Hufnagel)*
  • Red twin spot carpet (Xanthorhoe spadicearia Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Dark barred twin spot carpet (Xanthorhoe ferrugata Clerck)*
  • Large twin spot carpet (Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata Clerck)*
  • Silver-ground carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Garden carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata Linnaeus)*
  • Shaded broad bar (Scotopteryx chenopodiata Linnaeus)*
  • Common carpet (Epirrhoe alternata Müller,O.F.)*
  • Yellow shell (Camptogramma bilineata Linnaeus)*
  • Mallow (Larentia clavaria Haworth)*
  • Streamer (Anticlea derivata Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Beautiful carpet (Mesoleuca albicillata Linnaeus)*
  • Dark spinach (Pelurga comitata Linnaeus)*
  • Purple bar (Cosmorhoe ocellata Linnaeus)*
  • Phoenix (Eulithis prunata Linnaeus)
  • Barred straw (Eulithis pyraliata Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Small phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Red-green carpet (Chloroclysta siterata Hufnagel)*
  • Common marbled carpet (Chloroclysta truncata Hufnagel)*
  • Green carpet (Colostygia pectinataria Knoch)*
  • Barred yellow (Cidaria fulvata Forster)*
  • Grey pine carpet (Thera obeliscata Hübner)*
  • Spruce carpet (Thera britannica Turner)*
  • Broken barred carpet (Electrophaes corylata Thunberg)*
  • July highflyer (Hydriomena furcata Thunberg)*
  • May highflyer (Hydriomena impluviata Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Scallop shell (Rheumaptera undulata Linnaeus)*
  • Brown scallop (Philereme vetulata Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • November moth (Epirrita dilutata Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Autumnal moth (Epirrita autumnata Borkhausen)*
  • Winter moth (Operophtera brumata Linnaeus)
  • Small rivulet (Perizoma alchemillata Linnaeus)*
  • Sandy carpet (Perizoma flavofasciata Thunberg)*
  • Maple pug (Eupithecia inturbata Hübner)*
  • Haworth 's pug (Eupithecia haworthiata Doubleday)*
  • Mottled pug (Eupithecia exiguata Hübner)*
  • Limespeck pug (Eupithecia centaureata Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Wormwood pug (Eupithecia absinthiata Clerck)*
  • Common pug (Eupithecia vulgata Haworth)*
  • White spotted pug (Eupithecia tripunctaria Herrich-Schäffer)*
  • Grey pug (Eupithecia subfuscata Haworth)*
  • Tawny speckled pug (Eupithecia icterata Haworth)*
  • Bordered pug (Eupithecia succenturiata Linnaeus)*
  • Narrow-winged pug (Eupithecia nanata Prout)*
  • Brindled pug (Eupithecia abbreviata Stephens)
  • Juniper pug (Eupithecia  pusillata Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Larch pug (Eupithecia lariciata Freyer)*
  • Dwarf pug (Eupithecia tantillaria Boisduval)*
  • V-pug (Chloroclystis V-ata Haworth)*
  • Green pug (Chloroclystis rectangulata Linnaeus)*
  • Double-striped pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haworth)*
  • Currant pug (Eupithecia assimilata Doubleday)*
  • Treble-bar (Aplocera plagiata Linnaeus)*
  • Lesser treble bar (Aplocera efformata Guenée)*
  • Small seraphim (Pterapherapteryx sexalata Retzius)*
  • Yellow barred brindle (Acasis viretata Hübner)*
  • Clouded border (Lomaspilus marginata Linnaeus)*
  • Scorched carpet (Lomaspilus adustata Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Latticed heath (Semiothisa clathrata Linnaeus)*
  • Brown silver line (Petrophora chlorosata Scopoli)*
  • Scorched wing (Plagodis dolabraria Linnaeus)*
  • Brimstone (Opisthograptis luteolata Linnaeus)*
  • Bordered beauty (Epione repandaria Hufnagel)*
  • Lilac Beauty (Apeira syringaria Linnaeus)*
  • August thorn (Ennomos quercinaria Hufnagel)*
  • Canary shouldered thorn (Ennomos alniaria Linnaeus)*
  • Dusky thorn (Ennomos fuscantaria Haworth)*
  • September Thorn (Ennomus erosaria Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Early thorn (Selenia dentaria Fabricius)*
  • Purple thorn (Selenia tetralunaria Hufnagel)*
  • Scalloped oak (Crocallis elinguaria Linnaeus)*
  • Swallow tailed (Ourapteryx sambucaria Linnaeus)*
  • Feathered thorn (Colotois pennaria Linnaeus)*
  • Peppered (Biston betularia Linnaeus)*
  • Dotted border (Agriopis marginaria Fabricius)*
  • Mottled umber (Erannis defoliaria Clerck)*
  • Willow beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Satin Beauty (Deileptenia ribeata Clerk)*
  • Mottled beauty (Alcis repandata Linnaeus)*
  • Oak beauty (Biston strataria Hufnagel)*
  • Great oak beauty (Boarmia roboraria Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Pale oak beauty ( Hypomecis punctinalis Scopoli)*
  • Engrailed (Ectropis bistortata Goeze)*
  • Square spot (Paradarisa consonaria Hübner)*
  • Common white wave (Cabera pusaria Linnaeus)*
  • Common wave (Cabera xanthemata Scopoli)*
  • White pinion spotted (Lomographa bimaculata Fabricius)*
  • Clouded silver (Lomographa temerata Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Early (Theria primaria Haworth)*
  • Light emerald (Campaea margaritata Linnaeus)*
  • Barred red (Hylaea fasciaria Linnaeus)*
  • Common Heath (Ematurga atomaria Linnaeus)*
  • Early tooth-striped (Trichopteryx carpinata Borkhausen)*
  • March moth (Alsophila aescularia Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Waved umber (Menophra abruptaria Thunberg)*
  • Seraphim (Lobophora halterata Hufnagel)*
 

SPHINGIDAE

 

  • Privet hawkmoth (Sphinx ligustri Linnaeus)*
  • Pine hawkmoth (Hyloicus pinastri Linnaeus)*
  • Lime hawkmoth (Mimas tiliae Linnaeus)*
  • Eyed hawkmoth (Smerinthus ocellata Linnaeus)*
  • Poplar hawkmoth (Laothoe populi Linnaeus)*
  • Hummingbird hawkmoth  (Macroglossum stellatarum Linnaeus)
  • Elephant hawkmoth (Deilephila elpenor Linnaeus)*
  • Small elephant hawkmoth (Deilephila porcellus Linnaeus)*
  • Striped hawkmoth (Hyles livornica Esper)*

NOTODONTIDAE

 

  • Buff tip (Phalera bucephala Linnaeus)*
  • Sallow kitten (Fercula furcula Clerck)*
  • Poplar kitten (Fercula bifida Brahm)*
  • Iron prominent (Notodonta dromedarius Linnaeus)*
  • Pebble prominent (Eligmodonta ziczac Linnaeus)*
  • Lesser swallow prominent (Pheosia gnoma Fabricius)*
  • Swallow prominent (Pheosia tremula Clerck)*
  • Coxcomb prominent (Ptilodon capucina Linnaeus)*
  • Pale prominent (Pterostoma palpina Clerck)*
  • Marbled brown (Drymonia dodonaea Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Lunar marbled brown (Drymonia ruficornis Hufnagel)*
  • Chocolate tip (Clostera curtula Linnaeus)*
  • Puss moth (Cerura vinula Linnaeus)*
  • Lobster moth (Stauropus fagi Linneaus)*

LYMANTRIIDAE

 

  • Vapourer (Orgyia antiqua Linnaeus)*
  • Pale tussock (Calliteara pudibunda Linnaeus)*
  • Brown tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea Linnaeus)*
  • Yellow tail (Euproctis similis Fuessly)*
  • White satin (Leucoma salicis Linnaeus)*
  • Black arches (Lymantria monacha Linnaeus)*

ARCTIIDAE

 

  • Round winged muslin (Thumatha senex Hübner)*
  • Orange footman (Eilema sororcula Hufnagel)*
  • Dingy footman (Eilema griseola Hübner)*
  • Scarce footman (Eilema complana Linnaeus)*
  • Rosy Footman (Miltochrista miniata Forster)*
  • Muslin footman (Nudaria mundana Linnaeus)*
  • Common footman (Eilema lurideola Zincken)*
  • Garden tiger (Arctia caja Linnaeus)*
  • White ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda Linnaeus)*
  • Buff ermine (Spilosoma luteum Hufnagel)*
  • Muslin (Diaphora mendica Clerck)*
  • Ruby tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linnaeus)*
  • Scarlet tiger (Callimorpha dominula Linnaeus)*
  • Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaea Linnaeus)*

NOLIDAE

 

  • Short cloaked (Nola cucullatella Linnaeus)*
  • Least black arches (Nola confusalis Herrich-Schäffer)*

NOCTUIDAE

 

  • Turnip (Agrotis segetum Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Heart & club (Agrotis clavis Hufnagel)*
  • Heart & dart (Agrotis exclamationis Linnaeus)*
  • Dark sword grass (Agrotis ipsilon Hufnagel)*
  • Shuttle shaped dart (Agrotis puta Hübner)*
  • Flame (Axylia putris Linnaeus)*
  • Flame shoulder (Ochropleura plecta Linnaeus)*
  • Large yellow underwing (Noctua pronuba Linnaeus)*
  • Lesser yellow underwing (Noctua comes Hübner)*
  • Broad bordered yellow underwing (Noctua fimbriata Schreber)*
  • Lesser broad bordered yellow underwing (Noctua janthe Borkhausen)*
  • Langmaid's Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthina Denis & Schiffermüller )
  • Least yellow underwing (Noctua interjecta Schawerda)*
  • Stout Dart (Spaelotis ravida Denis & Schiffermüller)
  • Double dart (Graphiphora augur Fabricius)*
  • Pearly underwing (Peridroma saucia Hübner)*
  • Ingrailed clay (Diarsia mendica Fabricius)*
  • Purple clay (Diarsia brunnea Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Small square spot (Diarsia rubi Vieweg)*
  • Setaceous hebrew character (Xestia c-nigrum Linnaeus)*
  • Triple spotted clay (Xestia ditrapezium Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Double square spot (Xestia triangulum Hufnagel)*
  • Six striped rustic (Xestia sexstrigata Haworth)*
  • Square spot rustic (Xestia xanthographa Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Green arches (Anaplectoides prasina Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Nutmeg (Dicestra trifolii Hufnagel)*
  • Shears (Hada nana Hufnagel)*
  • Cabbage (Mamestra brassicae Linnaeus)*
  • Dot (Melanchra persicariae Linnaeus)*
  • Light brocade (Lacanobia w-latinum Hufnagel)*
  • Bright line brown eye (Lacanobia oleracea Linnaeus)*
  • Broad barred white (Hecatera bicolorata Hufnagel)*
  • Campion (Hadena rivularis Fabricius)*
  • Lychnis (Hadena bicruris Hufnagel)*
  • Feathered gothic (Tholera decimalis Poda)*
  • Clouded drab (Orthosia incerta Hufnagel)*
  • Hebrew character (Orthosia gothica Linnaeus)*
  • Brown line bright eye (Mythimna conigera Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Clay (Mythimna ferrago Fabricius)*
  • Smoky wainscot (Mythimna impura Hübner)*
  • Common wainscot (Mythimna pallens Linnaeus)*
  • Obscure wainscot (Mythimna obsoleta Hübner)*
  • Southern wainscot (Mythimna straminea Treitschke)*
  • Shoulder striped wainscot (Mythimna comma Hübner)*
  • Wormwood (Cucullia absinthii Linnaeus)*
  • Shark (Cucullia umbratica Linnaeus)*
  • Mullein (Shargacucullia verbasci Linneaus)*
  • Minor shoulder knot (Brachylomia viminalis Fabricius)*
  • Sprawler (Asteroscopus sphinx Hufnagel)*
  • Deep brown dart (Aporophyla lutulenta Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Black rustic (Aporophyla nigra Haworth)*
  • Pale pinion (Lithophane hepatica Clerck)*
  • Grey shoulder-knot (Lithophane ornitopus Dadd)*
  • Blair's shoulder-knot (Lithophane leautieri Boursin)*
  • Brindled green (Dryobotodes eremita Fabricius)*
  • Large ranunculus (Polymixis flavicincta Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Satellite (Eupsilia transversa Hufnagel)*
  • Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii Linnaeus)*
  • Brick (Agrochola circellaris Hufnagel)*
  • Red line quaker (Agrochola lota Clerck)*
  • Yellow line quaker (Agrochola macilenta Hübner)*
  • Brown spot pinion (Agrochola litura Linnaeus)*
  • Beaded chestnut (Agrochola lychnidis Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Centre barred sallow (Atethmia centrago Haworth)*
  • Lunar underwing (Omphaloscelis lunosa Haworth)*
  • Orange sallow (Xanthia citrago Linnaeus)*
  • Barred sallow (Xanthia aurago Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Pink barred sallow (Xanthia togata Esper)*
  • Sallow (Xanthia icteritia hufnagel)*
  • Poplar grey (Acronicta megacephala Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Sycamore (Acronicta aceris Linnaeus)*
  • The miller (Acronicta leporina Linnaeus)*
  • Grey dagger (Acronicta psi Linnaeus)*
  • Knot grass (Acronicta rumicis Linnaeus)*
  • Marbled beauty (Cryphia domestica Hufnagel)*
  • Copper underwing (Amphipyra pyramidea Linnaeus)*
  • Svensson's copper underwing (Amphipyra berbera svenssoni Fletcher)*
  • Mouse (Amphipyra tragopoginis Clerck)*
  • Old lady (Mormo maura Linnaeus)*
  • Brown rustic (Rusina ferruginea Esper)*
  • Straw underwing (Thalpophila matura Hufnagel)*
  • Small angle shades (Euplexia lucipara Linnaeus)*
  • Angle shades (Phlogophora meticulosa Linnaeus)*
  • Double Kidney (Ipimorpha retusa Linnaeus)*
  • Olive (Ipimorpha subtusa Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Angle-striped Sallow (Enargia paleacea  Esper)*
  • Dingy shears (Enargia ypsillon Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Dunbar (Cosmia trapezina Linnaeus)*
  • Lunar spotted pinion (Cosmia pyralina Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Dark arches (Apamea monoglypha Hufnagel)*
  • Light arches (Apamea lithoxylaea Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Reddish light arches (Apamea sublustris Esper)*
  • Clouded bordered brindle (Apamea crenata Hufnagel)*
  • Dusky brocade (Apamea remissa Hübner)*
  • Large nutmeg (Apamea anceps Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Rustic shoulder knot (Apamea sordens Hufnagel)*
  • Slender brindle (Apamea scolopacina Esper)*
  • Double lobed (Apamea ophiogramma Esper)*
  • Marbled minor (Oligia strigilis Linnaeus)*
  • Tawny marbled minor (Oligia latruncula Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Middle barred minor (Oligia fasciuncula Haworth)*
  • Cloaked minor (Mesoligia furuncula Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Rosy minor (Mesoligia literosa Haworth)*
  • Common rustic (Mesapamea secalis Linnaeus)*
  • Small dotted buff (Photedes minima Haworth)*
  • Small wainscot (Photedes pygmina Haworth)*
  • Dusky sallow (Eremobia ochroleuca Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Flounced rustic (Luperina testacea Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Rosy rustic (Hydraecia micacea Esper)*
  • Frosted orange (Gortyna flavago Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Crescent (Celaena leucostigma Hübner)*
  • Bulrush wainscot (Nonagria typhae Thunberg)*
  • Large wainscot (Rhizedra lutosa Hübner)*
  • Fen wainscot (Arenostola phragmitidis Hübner)*
  • Treble lines (Charanyca trigrammica Hufnagel)*
  • Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines Brahm)*
  • The rustic (Hoplodrina blanda Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Vine's rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Mottled rustic (Caradrina morpheus Hufnagel)*
  • Pale mottled willow (Caradrina clavipalpis Scopoli)*
  • Bordered sallow (Pyrrhia umbra Hufnagel)*
  • Bordered Straw (Heliothis peltigera Denis & Schiffermüller)
  • Silver hook (Eustrotia uncula Clerck)*
  • Green silver lines (Pseudoips fagana Warren)*
  • Nut tree tussock (Colocasia coryli Linnaeus)*
  • Burnished brass (Diachrysia chrysitis Linnaeus)*
  • Gold spot (Plusia festucae Linnaeus)*
  • Silver Y (Autographa gamma Linnaeus)*
  • Dark spectacle (Abrostola triplasia Linnaeus)*
  • Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita Linnaeus)*
  • Red underwing (Catocala nupta Linnaeus)*
  • Blackneck (Lygephila pastinum Treitschke)*
  • Herald (Scoliopteryx libatrix Linnaeus)*
  • Beautiful hook tip (Laspeyria flexula Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Straw dot (Rivula sericealis Scopoli)*
  • Waved black (Parascotia fuliginaria Linnaeus)*
  • Snout (Hypena proboscidalis Linnaeus)*
  • Pinion streaked snout (Shrankia costaestrigalis Stephens)*
  • Fanfoot (Herminia tarsipennalis Treitschke)*
  • Small fanfoot (Herminia nemoralis Fabricius)*
  • Mother Shipton (Callistege mi Clerck)*
  • Clouded brindle (Apamea epomidion Haworth)*
  • Small clouded brindle (Apamea unanimis Hübner)*
  • Buttoned snout (Hypena rostralis Linnaeus)*
  • Small quaker (Orthosia cruda Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Powdered quaker (Orthosia gracilis Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Common quaker (Orthosia stabilis Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Twin-spotted quaker (Orthosia munda Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Lead-coloured drab (Orthosia populeti Fabricius)*
  • Red chestnut (Cerastis rubricosa Denis & Schiffermüller)*
  • Early grey (Xylocampa areola Esper)*
  • Green-brindled crescent (Allophyes oxyacanthae Linnaeus)*
  • Small yellow underwing (Panemeria tenebrata Scopoli)*
  • Burnet companion (Euclidia glyphica Linnaeus)*
 
 
   

Colour coding for rarity status (not to be confused with links):

RDB1   RDB2   RDB3   Na  Nb/Scarce   Local

We are grateful to Bob Eeles for his help in compiling the above list.

All of the moths on this list marked * were found in the vicinity of Bullfield lake (Thrupp) since 2003.

 
To find out more about any of the moths listed on this page, just select and copy the common, or latin name (the words in italics) and enter it in the search engine on the UK Moths website. Note, if one form of name does not work, then you should try the other.
 
 
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References

Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland

Paul Waring, Martin Townsend and Richard Lewington

Published by British Wildlife Publishing, Gillingham, Dorset, 2003

ISBN 0 9531399 2 1 (paperback)

ISBN 0 9531399 3 X (hardback)

Butterflies and Moths in Britain and Europe

David Carter

Published by Heinemann, London, in association with the British Museum (Natural History) 1982

ISBN 434 10965 7

 
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