The following is a list of the 60 moths most commonly reported between 2011 and 2017 in week 19, early May, with the most common first. A list of other species recorded in smaller numbers is included at the end. This data is taken from the county moth recorders database and has not been fully verified. For more information about each species please visit UK Moths website.
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Common name | Taxon | RES | B&S | Total number 2011 – 17 | Distribution map & phenology, click to see larger images |
Shuttle-shaped Dart | Agrotis puta | 73.325 | 2092 | 1341 |
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Common Quaker | Orthosia cerasi | 73.244 | 2187 | 927 |
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Tawny Shears | Hadena perplexa | 73.286 | 2167 | 851 |
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Hebrew Character | Orthosia gothica | 73.249 | 2190 | 789 |
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Flame Shoulder | Ochropleura plecta | 73.329 | 2102 | 694 |
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Light Feathered Rustic | Agrotis cinerea | 73.316 | 2084 | 686 |
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Brimstone Moth | Opisthograptis luteolata | 70.226 | 1906 | 645 |
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Muslin Moth | Diaphora mendica | 72.022 | 2063 | 376 |
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Double-striped Pug | Gymnoscelis rufifasciata | 70.141 | 1862 | 348 |
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Early Grey | Xylocampa areola | 73.069 | 2243 | 326 |
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Brindled Pug | Eupithecia abbreviata | 70.156 | 1852 | 322 |
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Angle Shades | Phlogophora meticulosa | 73.113 | 2306 | 317 |
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Clouded Drab | Orthosia incerta | 73.242 | 2188 | 302 |
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Treble Lines | Charanyca trigrammica | 73.101 | 2380 | 264 |
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Heart & Dart | Agrotis exclamationis | 73.317 | 2089 | 260 |
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Pale Mottled Willow | Caradrina clavipalpis | 73.095 | 2389 | 170 |
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Pale Tussock | Calliteara pudibunda | 72.015 | 2028 | 162 |
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Swallow Prominent | Pheosia tremula | 71.017 | 2007 | 158 |
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Least Black Arches | Nola confusalis | 74.004 | 2078 | 158 |
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Waved Umber | Menophra abruptaria | 70.257 | 1936 | 145 |
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Rustic Shoulder-knot | Apamea sordens | 73.158 | 2334 | 139 |
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Red Twin-spot Carpet | Xanthorhoe spadicearia | 70.051 | 1724 | 136 |
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Pebble Prominent | Notodonta ziczac | 71.013 | 2003 | 133 |
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Green Carpet | Colostygia pectinataria | 70.1 | 1776 | 132 |
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Common Swift | Korscheltellus lupulina | 3.002 | 17 | 126 |
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Common Pug | Eupithecia vulgata | 70.183 | 1834 | 115 |
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Powdered Quaker | Orthosia gracilis | 73.247 | 2186 | 114 |
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Nut-tree Tussock | Colocasia coryli | 73.032 | 2425 | 111 |
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Bright-line Brown-eye | Lacanobia oleracea | 73.267 | 2160 | 103 |
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Orange Footman | Eilema sororcula | 72.049 | 2043 | 103 |
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Yellow Belle | Aspitates ochrearia | 70.294 | 1968 | 102 |
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Oak-tree Pug | Eupithecia dodoneata | 70.157 | 1853 | 102 |
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Silver Y | Autographa gamma | 73.015 | 2441 | 91 |
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Cinnabar | Tyria jacobaeae | 72.031 | 2069 | 87 |
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Turnip Moth | Agrotis segetum | 73.319 | 2087 | 85 |
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Knot Grass | Acronicta rumicis | 73.045 | 2289 | 84 |
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Garden Carpet | Xanthorhoe fluctuata | 70.049 | 1728 | 84 |
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White Ermine | Spilosoma lubricipeda | 72.02 | 2060 | 81 |
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Yellow-barred Brindle | Acasis viretata | 70.2 | 1883 | 80 |
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Great Prominent | Peridea anceps | 71.016 | 2005 | 78 |
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Lunar Marbled Brown | Drymonia ruficornis | 71.011 | 2015 | 72 |
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Speckled Yellow | Pseudopanthera macularia | 70.229 | 1909 | 71 |
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Chocolate-tip | Clostera curtula | 71.027 | 2019 | 69 |
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Common Marbled Carpet | Dysstroma truncata | 70.097 | 1764 | 69 |
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Maiden’s Blush | Cyclophora punctaria | 70.036 | 1680 | 68 |
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Common Carpet | Epirrhoe alternata | 70.061 | 1738 | 64 |
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Brindled Beauty | Lycia hirtaria | 70.248 | 1927 | 64 |
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Lesser Swallow Prominent | Pheosia gnoma | 71.018 | 2006 | 63 |
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Lime-speck Pug | Eupithecia centaureata | 70.173 | 1825 | 61 |
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Broad-barred White | Hecatera bicolorata | 73.279 | 2164 | 59 |
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Pale Prominent | Pterostoma palpina | 71.02 | 2011 | 55 |
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Setaceous Hebrew Character | Xestia c-nigrum | 73.359 | 2126 | 54 |
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Chinese Character | Cilix glaucata | 65.007 | 1651 | 54 |
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Light Brocade | Lacanobia w-latinum | 73.263 | 2157 | 53 |
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Small Quaker | Orthosia cruda | 73.245 | 2182 | 52 |
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Poplar Hawk-moth | Laothoe populi | 69.003 | 1981 | 51 |
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Vine’s Rustic | Hoplodrina ambigua | 73.099 | 2384 | 50 |
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Brown Silver-line | Petrophora chlorosata | 70.222 | 1902 | 50 |
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Dew Moth | Setina irrorella | 72.05 | 2036 | 49 |
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Scalloped Hazel | Odontopera bidentata | 70.24 | 1920 | 47 |
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Other species recorded in this week in smaller numbers (unverified data):
Common name | Taxon | RES | B&S | Total number 2011 – 17 |
Iron Prominent | Notodonta dromedarius | 71.012 | 2000 | 45 |
Spectacle | Abrostola tripartita | 73.001 | 2450 | 45 |
Mottled Pug | Eupithecia exiguata | 70.184 | 1819 | 45 |
Oblique Striped | Phibalapteryx virgata | 70.039 | 1718 | 44 |
Dark Sword-grass | Agrotis ipsilon | 73.327 | 2091 | 44 |
Streamer | Anticlea derivata | 70.067 | 1747 | 43 |
Buff-tip | Phalera bucephala | 71.025 | 1994 | 43 |
Clouded Border | Lomaspilis marginata | 70.207 | 1887 | 42 |
Seraphim | Lobophora halterata | 70.198 | 1879 | 42 |
Marbled Minor agg. | Oligia strigilis agg. | 73.1731 | 2337x | 41 |
Pebble Hook-tip | Drepana falcataria | 65.005 | 1648 | 40 |
Cabbage Moth | Mamestra brassicae | 73.274 | 2154 | 40 |
Common Wave | Cabera exanthemata | 70.278 | 1956 | 40 |
Spruce Carpet | Thera britannica | 70.079 | 1769 | 39 |
White-spotted Pug | Eupithecia tripunctaria | 70.16 | 1835 | 39 |
Oak Hook-tip | Watsonalla binaria | 65.002 | 1646 | 38 |
White-point | Mythimna albipuncta | 73.297 | 2194 | 36 |
Pine Beauty | Panolis flammea | 73.241 | 2179 | 36 |
Early Thorn | Selenia dentaria | 70.237 | 1917 | 35 |
V-Pug | Chloroclystis v-ata | 70.142 | 1858 | 33 |
Grey Birch | Aethalura punctulata | 70.274 | 1951 | 33 |
Mother Shipton | Euclidia mi | 72.084 | 2462 | 30 |
Coxcomb Prominent | Ptilodon capucina | 71.021 | 2008 | 28 |
Blood-vein | Timandra comae | 70.029 | 1682 | 27 |
Hummingbird Hawk-moth | Macroglossum stellatarum | 69.01 | 1984 | 26 |
Herald | Scoliopteryx libatrix | 72.001 | 2469 | 25 |
Buff Ermine | Spilosoma lutea | 72.019 | 2061 | 24 |
Light Emerald | Campaea margaritaria | 70.283 | 1961 | 24 |
Poplar Grey | Subacronicta megacephala | 73.046 | 2278 | 24 |
Small Elephant Hawk-moth | Deilephila porcellus | 69.017 | 1992 | 23 |
Scalloped Hook-tip | Falcaria lacertinaria | 65.001 | 1645 | 23 |
Mullein | Cucullia verbasci | 73.058 | 2221 | 22 |
Scorched Carpet | Ligdia adustata | 70.208 | 1888 | 22 |
Broken-barred Carpet | Electrophaes corylata | 70.086 | 1773 | 21 |
Small Phoenix | Ecliptopera silaceata | 70.094 | 1759 | 21 |
Grey Pine Carpet | Thera obeliscata | 70.081 | 1768 | 21 |
Early Tooth-striped | Trichopteryx carpinata | 70.202 | 1881 | 21 |
Silver-ground Carpet | Xanthorhoe montanata | 70.054 | 1727 | 21 |
Willow Beauty | Peribatodes rhomboidaria | 70.258 | 1937 | 20 |
Puss Moth | Cerura vinula | 71.003 | 1995 | 20 |
Purple Thorn | Selenia tetralunaria | 70.239 | 1919 | 20 |
Dark / Grey Dagger | Acronicta tridens/psi | 73.0381 | 2284x | 20 |
Marbled Brown | Drymonia dodonaea | 71.01 | 2014 | 20 |
Engrailed | Ectropis bistortata | 70.27 | 1947 | 19 |
Common White Wave | Cabera pusaria | 70.277 | 1955 | 17 |
Toadflax Brocade | Calophasia lunula | 73.059 | 2223 | 17 |
Nutmeg | Anarta trifolii | 73.255 | 2145 | 17 |
Shears | Hada plebeja | 73.273 | 2147 | 17 |
Red Chestnut | Cerastis rubricosa | 73.336 | 2139 | 17 |
Small Purple-barred | Phytometra viridaria | 72.067 | 2470 | 16 |
Fern | Horisme tersata | 70.127 | 1782 | 16 |
Peppered Moth | Biston betularia | 70.252 | 1931 | 15 |
Peacock Moth | Macaria notata | 70.211 | 1889 | 15 |
Foxglove Pug | Eupithecia pulchellata | 70.151 | 1817 | 15 |
Red-green Carpet | Chloroclysta siterata | 70.095 | 1760 | 15 |
Splendid Brocade | Lacanobia splendens | 73.268 | 2160a | 14 |
Large Yellow Underwing | Noctua pronuba | 73.342 | 2107 | 14 |
Cream Wave | Scopula floslactata | 70.027 | 1693 | 13 |
Pale Oak Beauty | Hypomecis punctinalis | 70.268 | 1944 | 13 |
Treble-bar | Aplocera plagiata | 70.192 | 1867 | 12 |
Lime Hawk-moth | Mimas tiliae | 69.001 | 1979 | 12 |
May Highflyer | Hydriomena impluviata | 70.075 | 1778 | 12 |
Small Dusty Wave | Idaea seriata | 70.008 | 1707 | 12 |
Fox Moth | Macrothylacia rubi | 66.008 | 1638 | 11 |
Sallow Kitten | Furcula furcula | 71.005 | 1997 | 11 |
Figure of Eighty | Tethea ocularis | 65.01 | 1654 | 11 |
Rivulet | Perizoma affinitata | 70.132 | 1802 | 11 |
Clouded Silver | Lomographa temerata | 70.28 | 1958 | 11 |
Chamomile Shark | Cucullia chamomillae | 73.053 | 2214 | 11 |
Lychnis | Hadena bicruris | 73.281 | 2173 | 11 |
Buttoned Snout | Hypena rostralis | 72.004 | 2480 | 10 |
Double Kidney | Ipimorpha retusa | 73.212 | 2311 | 10 |
Small Waved Umber | Horisme vitalbata | 70.126 | 1781 | 10 |
Pretty Chalk Carpet | Melanthia procellata | 70.128 | 1784 | 10 |
Latticed Heath | Chiasmia clathrata | 70.218 | 1894 | 10 |
Eyed Hawk-moth | Smerinthus ocellata | 69.002 | 1980 | 10 |
White Spot | Hadena albimacula | 73.284 | 2172 | 10 |
Cream-spot Tiger | Arctia villica | 72.027 | 2058 | 10 |
Mottled Rustic | Caradrina morpheus | 73.092 | 2387 | 10 |
Scorched Wing | Plagodis dolabraria | 70.224 | 1904 | 9 |
Sandy Carpet | Perizoma flavofasciata | 70.138 | 1808 | 9 |
Lesser Treble-bar | Aplocera efformata | 70.193 | 1868 | 9 |
Bird’s Wing | Dypterygia scabriuscula | 73.105 | 2301 | 8 |
Burnet Companion | Euclidia glyphica | 72.083 | 2463 | 8 |
Campion | Sideridis rivularis | 73.276 | 2166 | 8 |
Common Wainscot | Mythimna pallens | 73.291 | 2199 | 8 |
Satin Wave | Idaea subsericeata | 70.009 | 1709 | 8 |
Lunar Thorn | Selenia lunularia | 70.238 | 1918 | 8 |
Poplar Lutestring | Tethea or | 65.011 | 1655 | 8 |
Coronet | Craniophora ligustri | 73.047 | 2291 | 8 |
Flame | Axylia putris | 73.328 | 2098 | 7 |
Purple Bar | Cosmorhoe ocellata | 70.087 | 1752 | 7 |
Sharp-angled Peacock | Macaria alternata | 70.212 | 1890 | 7 |
Square Spot | Paradarisa consonaria | 70.272 | 1949 | 7 |
Satellite | Eupsilia transversa | 73.21 | 2256 | 7 |
Dotted Chestnut | Conistra rubiginea | 73.197 | 2260 | 7 |
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet | Xanthorhoe ferrugata | 70.052 | 1725 | 7 |
Dark Spectacle | Abrostola triplasia | 73.002 | 2449 | 7 |
Reed Dagger | Simyra albovenosa | 73.035 | 2290 | 7 |
Alder Moth | Acronicta alni | 73.036 | 2281 | 7 |
Large Nutmeg | Apamea anceps | 73.157 | 2333 | 7 |
Birch Mocha | Cyclophora albipunctata | 70.032 | 1677 | 7 |
Dog’s Tooth | Lacanobia suasa | 73.266 | 2159 | 6 |
Chestnut | Conistra vaccinii | 73.194 | 2258 | 6 |
Ruby Tiger | Phragmatobia fuliginosa | 72.024 | 2064 | 6 |
Common Heath | Ematurga atomaria | 70.275 | 1952 | 6 |
Uncertain | Hoplodrina octogenaria | 73.096 | 2381 | 6 |
Dwarf Pug | Eupithecia tantillaria | 70.162 | 1857 | 6 |
Obscure Wainscot | Leucania obsoleta | 73.302 | 2204 | 6 |
Oak Nycteoline | Nycteola revayana | 74.009 | 2423 | 6 |
Ochreous Pug | Eupithecia indigata | 70.171 | 1844 | 6 |
Currant Pug | Eupithecia assimilata | 70.182 | 1832 | 6 |
Cream-bordered Green Pea | Earias clorana | 74.011 | 2418 | 6 |
Twin-spotted Quaker | Anorthoa munda | 73.25 | 2189 | 6 |
Northern Drab | Orthosia opima | 73.248 | 2184 | 6 |
Mottled Beauty | Alcis repandata | 70.265 | 1941 | 5 |
Tawny-barred Angle | Macaria liturata | 70.214 | 1893 | 5 |
Grey Pug | Eupithecia subfuscata | 70.19 | 1837 | 5 |
Frosted Green | Polyploca ridens | 65.015 | 1660 | 5 |
Emperor Moth | Saturnia pavonia | 68.001 | 1643 | 5 |
Yellow-legged Clearwing | Synanthedon vespiformis | 52.012 | 374 | 5 |
Lead-coloured Drab | Orthosia populeti | 73.246 | 2185 | 5 |
Scarce Prominent | Odontosia carmelita | 71.023 | 2010 | 4 |
Grass Rivulet | Perizoma albulata | 70.137 | 1807 | 4 |
Mottled Umber | Erannis defoliaria | 70.256 | 1935 | 4 |
Sycamore | Acronicta aceris | 73.039 | 2279 | 4 |
Winter Moth | Operophtera brumata | 70.106 | 1799 | 4 |
Flame Carpet | Xanthorhoe designata | 70.053 | 1722 | 4 |
Plain Wave | Idaea straminata | 70.018 | 1715 | 4 |
Brown-line Bright-eye | Mythimna conigera | 73.29 | 2192 | 4 |
Maple Prominent | Ptilodon cucullina | 71.022 | 2009 | 4 |
Barred Umber | Plagodis pulveraria | 70.223 | 1903 | 3 |
Peach Blossom | Thyatira batis | 65.008 | 1652 | 3 |
Clouded-bordered Brindle | Apamea crenata | 73.156 | 2326 | 3 |
Small Yellow Underwing | Panemeria tenebrata | 73.048 | 2397 | 3 |
Narrow-winged Pug | Eupithecia nanata | 70.168 | 1846 | 3 |
Snout | Hypena proboscidalis | 72.003 | 2477 | 3 |
Bloxworth Snout | Hypena obsitalis | 72.006 | 2478 | 3 |
Sand Dart | Agrotis ripae | 73.323 | 2093 | 3 |
Poplar Kitten | Furcula bifida | 71.007 | 1998 | 3 |
Dingy Footman | Eilema griseola | 72.044 | 2044 | 3 |
Mocha | Cyclophora annularia | 70.031 | 1676 | 3 |
Shoulder-stripe | Earophila badiata | 70.066 | 1746 | 3 |
Small Square-spot | Diarsia rubi | 73.334 | 2123 | 3 |
Common Footman | Eilema lurideola | 72.045 | 2050 | 3 |
Heart & Club | Agrotis clavis | 73.32 | 2088 | 3 |
Middle-barred Minor | Oligia fasciuncula | 73.176 | 2340 | 3 |
White-pinion Spotted | Lomographa bimaculata | 70.279 | 1957 | 2 |
Netted Pug | Eupithecia venosata | 70.155 | 1823 | 2 |
Mullein Wave | Scopula marginepunctata | 70.023 | 1689 | 2 |
Burnished Brass | Diachrysia chrysitis | 73.012 | 2434 | 2 |
White Colon | Sideridis turbida | 73.275 | 2152 | 2 |
Feathered Ranunculus | Polymixis lichenea | 73.235 | 2255 | 2 |
Green Silver-lines | Pseudoips prasinana | 74.008 | 2422 | 2 |
Small Clouded Brindle | Apamea unanimis | 73.159 | 2331 | 2 |
Freyer’s Pug | Eupithecia intricata | 70.176 | 1827 | 2 |
Pinion-spotted Pug | Eupithecia insigniata | 70.174 | 1820 | 2 |
Rustic | Hoplodrina blanda | 73.097 | 2382 | 2 |
Small White Wave | Asthena albulata | 70.111 | 1875 | 2 |
Dusky Hook-tip | Drepana curvatula | 65.004 | 1649 | 2 |
Broom Moth | Ceramica pisi | 73.271 | 2163 | 2 |
Bordered White | Bupalus piniaria | 70.276 | 1954 | 2 |
Lobster Moth | Stauropus fagi | 71.009 | 1999 | 2 |
Pale Pinion | Lithophane socia | 73.201 | 2236 | 2 |
L-album Wainscot | Mythimna l-album | 73.3 | 2202 | 2 |
Gold Spot | Plusia festucae | 73.022 | 2439 | 1 |
Shark | Cucullia umbratica | 73.052 | 2216 | 1 |
Small Emerald | Hemistola chrysoprasaria | 70.302 | 1673 | 1 |
Clay Triple-lines | Cyclophora linearia | 70.037 | 1681 | 1 |
Double Square-spot | Xestia triangulum | 73.361 | 2128 | 1 |
Plain Golden Y | Autographa jota | 73.017 | 2443 | 1 |
Levant Blackneck | Tathorhynchus exsiccata | 72.065 | 2296 | 1 |
Barred Tooth-striped | Trichopteryx polycommata | 70.201 | 1880 | 1 |
Small Fan-foot | Herminia grisealis | 72.055 | 2492 | 1 |
Alder Kitten | Furcula bicuspis | 71.006 | 1996 | 1 |
Riband Wave | Idaea aversata | 70.016 | 1713 | 1 |
Miller | Acronicta leporina | 73.04 | 2280 | 1 |
Bordered Straw | Heliothis peltigera | 73.074 | 2403 | 1 |
Short-cloaked Moth | Nola cucullatella | 74.003 | 2077 | 1 |
Water Carpet | Lampropteryx suffumata | 70.103 | 1750 | 1 |
Minor Shoulder-knot | Brachylomia viminalis | 73.22 | 2225 | 1 |
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing | Noctua fimbriata | 73.343 | 2110 | 1 |
Smoky Wainscot | Mythimna impura | 73.293 | 2198 | 1 |
Green Pug | Pasiphila rectangulata | 70.144 | 1860 | 1 |
Ingrailed Clay | Diarsia mendica | 73.333 | 2120 | 1 |
Yellow Shell | Camptogramma bilineata | 70.059 | 1742 | 1 |
Dark Arches | Apamea monoglypha | 73.162 | 2321 | 1 |
Lead-coloured Pug | Eupithecia plumbeolata | 70.153 | 1814 | 1 |
Dingy Shell | Euchoeca nebulata | 70.112 | 1874 | 1 |
Small Blood-vein | Scopula imitaria | 70.024 | 1690 | 1 |
Privet Hawk-moth | Sphinx ligustri | 69.006 | 1976 | 1 |
Cypress Pug | Eupithecia phoeniceata | 70.159 | 1855 | 1 |
Little Emerald | Jodis lactearia | 70.303 | 1674 | 1 |
Varied Coronet | Hadena compta | 73.282 | 2170 | 1 |
Shoulder-striped Wainscot | Leucania comma | 73.301 | 2205 | 1 |
Lesser Yellow Underwing | Noctua comes | 73.345 | 2109 | 1 |
Common Rustic agg. | Mesapamea secalis agg. | 73.1691 | 2343x | 1 |
Water Ermine | Spilosoma urticae | 72.021 | 2062 | 1 |
Common Fan-foot | Pechipogo strigilata | 72.056 | 2488 | 1 |
Marbled Coronet | Hadena confusa | 73.283 | 2171 | 1 |
Striped Hawk-moth | Hyles livornica | 69.015 | 1990 | 1 |
Brindled White-spot | Parectropis similaria | 70.273 | 1950 | 1 |
Barred Hook-tip | Watsonalla cultraria | 65.003 | 1647 | 1 |
Small Engrailed | Ectropis crepuscularia | 70.271 | 1948 | 1 |
Swallow-tailed Moth | Ourapteryx sambucaria | 70.243 | 1922 | 1 |
Scarce Footman | Eilema complana | 72.046 | 2047 | 1 |
Red Sword-grass | Xylena vetusta | 73.209 | 2241 | 1 |
Pale Brindled Beauty | Phigalia pilosaria | 70.247 | 1926 | 1 |
Tawny Pinion | Lithophane semibrunnea | 73.2 | 2235 | 1 |
Small Mottled Willow | Spodoptera exigua | 73.087 | 2385 | 1 |
Shaded Pug | Eupithecia subumbrata | 70.189 | 1840 | 1 |
Yellow-tail | Euproctis similis | 72.013 | 2030 | 1 |
Angle-barred Pug | Eupithecia innotata | 70.169 | 1848 | 1 |
Straw Dot | Rivula sericealis | 72.002 | 2474 | 1 |