The following is a list of the 90 moths most commonly reported between 2011 and 2017 in week 37, mid September, 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 |
Setaceous Hebrew Character | Xestia c-nigrum | 73.359 | 2126 | 35875 |
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Large Yellow Underwing | Noctua pronuba | 73.342 | 2107 | 25025 |
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Square-spot Rustic | Xestia xanthographa | 73.357 | 2134 | 11655 |
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Vine’s Rustic | Hoplodrina ambigua | 73.099 | 2384 | 5225 |
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Flounced Rustic | Luperina testacea | 73.131 | 2353 | 5042 |
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Lesser Yellow Underwing | Noctua comes | 73.345 | 2109 | 3916 |
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Silver Y | Autographa gamma | 73.015 | 2441 | 2136 |
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Snout | Hypena proboscidalis | 72.003 | 2477 | 1971 |
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White-point | Mythimna albipuncta | 73.297 | 2194 | 1844 |
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Angle Shades | Phlogophora meticulosa | 73.113 | 2306 | 1810 |
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Brimstone Moth | Opisthograptis luteolata | 70.226 | 1906 | 1602 |
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Small Square-spot | Diarsia rubi | 73.334 | 2123 | 1517 |
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Light Emerald | Campaea margaritaria | 70.283 | 1961 | 1371 |
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Willow Beauty | Peribatodes rhomboidaria | 70.258 | 1937 | 1281 |
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Common Wainscot | Mythimna pallens | 73.291 | 2199 | 1264 |
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Feathered Gothic | Tholera decimalis | 73.253 | 2178 | 1029 |
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Garden Carpet | Xanthorhoe fluctuata | 70.049 | 1728 | 997 |
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Small Dusty Wave | Idaea seriata | 70.008 | 1707 | 930 |
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Pale Mottled Willow | Caradrina clavipalpis | 73.095 | 2389 | 889 |
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Lime-speck Pug | Eupithecia centaureata | 70.173 | 1825 | 854 |
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Bright-line Brown-eye | Lacanobia oleracea | 73.267 | 2160 | 852 |
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Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing | Noctua janthe | 73.348 | 2111 | 769 |
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L-album Wainscot | Mythimna l-album | 73.3 | 2202 | 656 |
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Double-striped Pug | Gymnoscelis rufifasciata | 70.141 | 1862 | 638 |
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Straw Underwing | Thalpophila matura | 73.109 | 2303 | 628 |
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Hedge Rustic | Tholera cespitis | 73.252 | 2177 | 562 |
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Rosy Rustic | Hydraecia micacea | 73.123 | 2361 | 429 |
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Turnip Moth | Agrotis segetum | 73.319 | 2087 | 405 |
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Cypress Pug | Eupithecia phoeniceata | 70.159 | 1855 | 394 |
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Flame Shoulder | Ochropleura plecta | 73.329 | 2102 | 390 |
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Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing | Noctua fimbriata | 73.343 | 2110 | 376 |
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Centre-barred Sallow | Atethmia centrago | 73.219 | 2269 | 349 |
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Lunar Underwing | Omphaloscelis lunosa | 73.193 | 2270 | 347 |
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Copper Underwing | Amphipyra pyramidea | 73.062 | 2297 | 335 |
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Common Rustic agg. | Mesapamea secalis agg. | 73.1691 | 2343x | 320 |
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Shuttle-shaped Dart | Agrotis puta | 73.325 | 2092 | 309 |
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Common Carpet | Epirrhoe alternata | 70.061 | 1738 | 305 |
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Common Marbled Carpet | Dysstroma truncata | 70.097 | 1764 | 301 |
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Mouse Moth | Amphipyra tragopoginis | 73.064 | 2299 | 283 |
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Dark Sword-grass | Agrotis ipsilon | 73.327 | 2091 | 268 |
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Cabbage Moth | Mamestra brassicae | 73.274 | 2154 | 264 |
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Dusky Thorn | Ennomos fuscantaria | 70.235 | 1914 | 261 |
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Orange Swift | Triodia sylvina | 3.001 | 15 | 255 |
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Yellow Belle | Aspitates ochrearia | 70.294 | 1968 | 239 |
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Chinese Character | Cilix glaucata | 65.007 | 1651 | 223 |
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Burnished Brass | Diachrysia chrysitis | 73.012 | 2434 | 199 |
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Frosted Orange | Gortyna flavago | 73.121 | 2364 | 198 |
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Green Carpet | Colostygia pectinataria | 70.1 | 1776 | 189 |
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Hummingbird Hawk-moth | Macroglossum stellatarum | 69.01 | 1984 | 170 |
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Feathered Ranunculus | Polymixis lichenea | 73.235 | 2255 | 161 |
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Blood-vein | Timandra comae | 70.029 | 1682 | 156 |
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Yellow Shell | Camptogramma bilineata | 70.059 | 1742 | 154 |
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Straw Dot | Rivula sericealis | 72.002 | 2474 | 153 |
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Canary-shouldered Thorn | Ennomos alniaria | 70.234 | 1913 | 150 |
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Old Lady | Mormo maura | 73.107 | 2300 | 145 |
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Grass Emerald | Pseudoterpna pruinata | 70.297 | 1665 | 136 |
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Yellow-barred Brindle | Acasis viretata | 70.2 | 1883 | 127 |
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Mullein Wave | Scopula marginepunctata | 70.023 | 1689 | 108 |
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Oak Lutestring | Cymatophorina diluta | 65.014 | 1658 | 108 |
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Scarce Bordered Straw | Helicoverpa armigera | 73.076 | 2400 | 103 |
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Svensson’s Copper Underwing | Amphipyra berbera | 73.063 | 2298 | 102 |
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Vestal | Rhodometra sacraria | 70.038 | 1716 | 98 |
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Marbled Beauty | Bryophila domestica | 73.084 | 2293 | 98 |
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Archer’s Dart | Agrotis vestigialis | 73.322 | 2085 | 94 |
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Six-striped Rustic | Xestia sexstrigata | 73.358 | 2133 | 92 |
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Treble-bar | Aplocera plagiata | 70.192 | 1867 | 86 |
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Ruby Tiger | Phragmatobia fuliginosa | 72.024 | 2064 | 84 |
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Copper Underwing agg. | Amphipyra pyramidea agg. | 73.0631 | 2297x | 77 |
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Maiden’s Blush | Cyclophora punctaria | 70.036 | 1680 | 77 |
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Uncertain | Hoplodrina octogenaria | 73.096 | 2381 | 73 |
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Single-dotted Wave | Idaea dimidiata | 70.011 | 1708 | 73 |
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Dark Spectacle | Abrostola triplasia | 73.002 | 2449 | 66 |
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Red Underwing | Catocala nupta | 72.078 | 2452 | 65 |
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Oak Hook-tip | Watsonalla binaria | 65.002 | 1646 | 64 |
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Feathered Brindle | Aporophyla australis | 73.23 | 2230 | 64 |
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Spectacle | Abrostola tripartita | 73.001 | 2450 | 62 |
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Riband Wave | Idaea aversata | 70.016 | 1713 | 61 |
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Knot Grass | Acronicta rumicis | 73.045 | 2289 | 59 |
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Rustic | Hoplodrina blanda | 73.097 | 2382 | 57 |
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Common Wave | Cabera exanthemata | 70.278 | 1956 | 54 |
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Satin Wave | Idaea subsericeata | 70.009 | 1709 | 52 |
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Large Thorn | Ennomos autumnaria | 70.232 | 1911 | 52 |
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Convolvulus Hawk-moth | Agrius convolvuli | 69.004 | 1972 | 50 |
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Pearly Underwing | Peridroma saucia | 73.307 | 2119 | 45 |
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Bulrush Wainscot | Nonagria typhae | 73.136 | 2369 | 45 |
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Small Blood-vein | Scopula imitaria | 70.024 | 1690 | 44 |
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Marbled Green | Nyctobrya muralis | 73.085 | 2295 | 43 |
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Engrailed | Ectropis bistortata | 70.27 | 1947 | 42 |
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Heart & Dart | Agrotis exclamationis | 73.317 | 2089 | 41 |
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Dark Arches | Apamea monoglypha | 73.162 | 2321 | 41 |
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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 |
Latticed Heath | Chiasmia clathrata | 70.218 | 1894 | 41 |
Fern | Horisme tersata | 70.127 | 1782 | 39 |
Buff Ermine | Spilosoma lutea | 72.019 | 2061 | 38 |
White-line Dart | Euxoa tritici | 73.313 | 2081 | 37 |
Flame | Axylia putris | 73.328 | 2098 | 37 |
Splendid Brocade | Lacanobia splendens | 73.268 | 2160a | 37 |
Dingy Footman | Eilema griseola | 72.044 | 2044 | 36 |
Vapourer | Orgyia antiqua | 72.017 | 2026 | 34 |
Galium Carpet | Epirrhoe galiata | 70.063 | 1740 | 32 |
Marsh Mallow Moth | Hydraecia osseola | 73.125 | 2363 | 29 |
Tawny Speckled Pug | Eupithecia icterata | 70.187 | 1838 | 28 |
Sallow | Cirrhia icteritia | 73.182 | 2274 | 27 |
Bordered Beauty | Epione repandaria | 70.227 | 1907 | 26 |
Least Yellow Underwing | Noctua interjecta | 73.346 | 2112 | 25 |
Large Wainscot | Rhizedra lutosa | 73.134 | 2375 | 25 |
Pale Eggar | Trichiura crataegi | 66.002 | 1632 | 25 |
Dark / Grey Dagger | Acronicta tridens/psi | 73.0381 | 2284x | 25 |
Autumnal Rustic | Eugnorisma glareosa | 73.365 | 2117 | 24 |
Small Mottled Willow | Spodoptera exigua | 73.087 | 2385 | 23 |
Gem | Nycterosea obstipata | 70.047 | 1720 | 23 |
Scalloped Oak | Crocallis elinguaria | 70.241 | 1921 | 22 |
Brindled Green | Dryobotodes eremita | 73.225 | 2248 | 22 |
Tawny Shears | Hadena perplexa | 73.286 | 2167 | 21 |
Clay | Mythimna ferrago | 73.298 | 2193 | 20 |
Smoky Wainscot | Mythimna impura | 73.293 | 2198 | 19 |
Lesser Treble-bar | Aplocera efformata | 70.193 | 1868 | 19 |
Pinion-streaked Snout | Schrankia costaestrigalis | 72.061 | 2484 | 19 |
Bloxworth Snout | Hypena obsitalis | 72.006 | 2478 | 18 |
Coronet | Craniophora ligustri | 73.047 | 2291 | 17 |
Grey Pine Carpet | Thera obeliscata | 70.081 | 1768 | 17 |
Orange Sallow | Tiliacea citrago | 73.179 | 2271 | 17 |
Black Rustic | Aporophyla nigra | 73.233 | 2232 | 15 |
Clifden Nonpareil | Catocala fraxini | 72.076 | 2451 | 15 |
Herald | Scoliopteryx libatrix | 72.001 | 2469 | 14 |
Small Wainscot | Denticucullus pygmina | 73.144 | 2350 | 14 |
Pretty Chalk Carpet | Melanthia procellata | 70.128 | 1784 | 14 |
Nutmeg | Anarta trifolii | 73.255 | 2145 | 14 |
Grass Eggar | Lasiocampa trifolii | 66.006 | 1636 | 14 |
Purple Bar | Cosmorhoe ocellata | 70.087 | 1752 | 13 |
Sharp-angled Peacock | Macaria alternata | 70.212 | 1890 | 13 |
Barred Sallow | Tiliacea aurago | 73.18 | 2272 | 13 |
Jersey Tiger | Euplagia quadripunctaria | 72.03 | 2067 | 12 |
Red-green Carpet | Chloroclysta siterata | 70.095 | 1760 | 12 |
Pine Carpet | Pennithera firmata | 70.077 | 1767 | 12 |
Lesser Swallow Prominent | Pheosia gnoma | 71.018 | 2006 | 12 |
White-spotted Pug | Eupithecia tripunctaria | 70.16 | 1835 | 12 |
Gold Spot | Plusia festucae | 73.022 | 2439 | 11 |
Cloaked Minor | Mesoligia furuncula | 73.172 | 2341 | 10 |
Small Fan-footed Wave | Idaea biselata | 70.013 | 1702 | 10 |
Flame Carpet | Xanthorhoe designata | 70.053 | 1722 | 10 |
Reed Dagger | Simyra albovenosa | 73.035 | 2290 | 10 |
Red Twin-spot Carpet | Xanthorhoe spadicearia | 70.051 | 1724 | 10 |
Peacock Moth | Macaria notata | 70.211 | 1889 | 10 |
Rosy Footman | Miltochrista miniata | 72.035 | 2037 | 10 |
Spruce Carpet | Thera britannica | 70.079 | 1769 | 9 |
Brown-line Bright-eye | Mythimna conigera | 73.29 | 2192 | 9 |
Chevron | Eulithis testata | 70.09 | 1755 | 9 |
Bordered Straw | Heliothis peltigera | 73.074 | 2403 | 9 |
Peach Blossom | Thyatira batis | 65.008 | 1652 | 9 |
Campion | Sideridis rivularis | 73.276 | 2166 | 9 |
Southern Wainscot | Mythimna straminea | 73.294 | 2197 | 8 |
Mottled Rustic | Caradrina morpheus | 73.092 | 2387 | 8 |
Delicate | Mythimna vitellina | 73.295 | 2195 | 8 |
Dun-bar | Cosmia trapezina | 73.216 | 2318 | 8 |
Cream-bordered Green Pea | Earias clorana | 74.011 | 2418 | 8 |
Clay Triple-lines | Cyclophora linearia | 70.037 | 1681 | 8 |
August Thorn | Ennomos quercinaria | 70.233 | 1912 | 8 |
Dotted Clay | Xestia baja | 73.353 | 2130 | 7 |
Swallow Prominent | Pheosia tremula | 71.017 | 2007 | 7 |
Scarce Footman | Eilema complana | 72.046 | 2047 | 7 |
Toadflax Pug | Eupithecia linariata | 70.15 | 1816 | 7 |
Ear Moth agg | Amphipoea oculea agg. | 73.1281 | 2360x | 7 |
Deep-brown Dart | Aporophyla lutulenta | 73.231 | 2231 | 7 |
Short-cloaked Moth | Nola cucullatella | 74.003 | 2077 | 7 |
Chalk Carpet | Scotopteryx bipunctaria | 70.043 | 1731 | 6 |
Webb’s Wainscot | Globia sparganii | 73.151 | 2373 | 6 |
Tawny-barred Angle | Macaria liturata | 70.214 | 1893 | 6 |
Iron Prominent | Notodonta dromedarius | 71.012 | 2000 | 6 |
Six-Spot Burnet | Zygaena filipendulae | 54.008 | 169 | 6 |
Clouded Silver | Lomographa temerata | 70.28 | 1958 | 6 |
Barred Red | Hylaea fasciaria | 70.284 | 1962 | 6 |
Small Phoenix | Ecliptopera silaceata | 70.094 | 1759 | 6 |
Ingrailed Clay | Diarsia mendica | 73.333 | 2120 | 6 |
Wood Carpet | Epirrhoe rivata | 70.062 | 1739 | 6 |
White Spot | Hadena albimacula | 73.284 | 2172 | 6 |
Rosy Wave | Scopula emutaria | 70.028 | 1691 | 6 |
Hoary Footman | Eilema caniola | 72.047 | 2045 | 6 |
Dark Marbled Carpet | Dysstroma citrata | 70.098 | 1762 | 5 |
Shaded Broad-bar | Scotopteryx chenopodiata | 70.045 | 1732 | 5 |
Lychnis | Hadena bicruris | 73.281 | 2173 | 5 |
Currant Pug | Eupithecia assimilata | 70.182 | 1832 | 5 |
Elephant Hawk-moth | Deilephila elpenor | 69.016 | 1991 | 5 |
Fisher’s Estuarine Moth | Gortyna borelii | 73.122 | 2365 | 4 |
Garden Dart | Euxoa nigricans | 73.314 | 2082 | 4 |
Brown-spot Pinion | Agrochola litura | 73.187 | 2266 | 4 |
Clouded Border | Lomaspilis marginata | 70.207 | 1887 | 4 |
Dusky Hook-tip | Drepana curvatula | 65.004 | 1649 | 4 |
Least Carpet | Idaea rusticata | 70.004 | 1699 | 4 |
Green Pug | Pasiphila rectangulata | 70.144 | 1860 | 4 |
Poplar Hawk-moth | Laothoe populi | 69.003 | 1981 | 4 |
Birch Mocha | Cyclophora albipunctata | 70.032 | 1677 | 4 |
Dog’s Tooth | Lacanobia suasa | 73.266 | 2159 | 4 |
Large Ranunculus | Polymixis flavicincta | 73.237 | 2252 | 4 |
Small Ranunculus | Hecatera dysodea | 73.28 | 2165 | 4 |
Tree-lichen Beauty | Cryphia algae | 73.082 | 2292 | 4 |
Four-spotted Footman | Lithosia quadra | 72.041 | 2051 | 4 |
Clancy’s Rustic | Caradrina kadenii | 73.093 | 2387a | 4 |
Golden Twin-spot | Chrysodeixis chalcites | 73.008 | 2428 | 4 |
Dusky Sallow | Eremobia ochroleuca | 73.12 | 2352 | 3 |
Bordered Sallow | Pyrrhia umbra | 73.07 | 2399 | 3 |
Uncertain/Rustic agg | Hoplodrina alsines/blanda | 73.0961 | 2381x | 3 |
Great Brocade | Eurois occulta | 73.35 | 2137 | 3 |
Cypress Carpet | Thera cupressata | 70.083 | 1771a | 3 |
Small Emerald | Hemistola chrysoprasaria | 70.302 | 1673 | 3 |
Lunar-spotted Pinion | Cosmia pyralina | 73.217 | 2319 | 3 |
Buff Footman | Eilema depressa | 72.043 | 2049 | 3 |
Pebble Hook-tip | Drepana falcataria | 65.005 | 1648 | 3 |
Small Engrailed | Ectropis crepuscularia | 70.271 | 1948 | 3 |
Olive | Ipimorpha subtusa | 73.213 | 2312 | 3 |
Fox Moth | Macrothylacia rubi | 66.008 | 1638 | 2 |
Double Square-spot | Xestia triangulum | 73.361 | 2128 | 2 |
Ni Moth | Trichoplusia ni | 73.003 | 2432 | 2 |
Small Seraphim | Pterapherapteryx sexalata | 70.199 | 1882 | 2 |
V-Pug | Chloroclystis v-ata | 70.142 | 1858 | 2 |
Dot Moth | Melanchra persicariae | 73.27 | 2155 | 2 |
Drinker | Euthrix potatoria | 66.01 | 1640 | 2 |
Chestnut | Conistra vaccinii | 73.194 | 2258 | 2 |
Olive Crescent | Trisateles emortualis | 72.07 | 2495 | 2 |
Heart & Club | Agrotis clavis | 73.32 | 2088 | 2 |
Beaded Chestnut | Agrochola lychnidis | 73.186 | 2267 | 2 |
Mottled Beauty | Alcis repandata | 70.265 | 1941 | 2 |
Bordered Pug | Eupithecia succenturiata | 70.188 | 1839 | 2 |
Barred Hook-tip | Watsonalla cultraria | 65.003 | 1647 | 2 |
White-line Snout | Schrankia taenialis | 72.062 | 2482 | 2 |
Oak Nycteoline | Nycteola revayana | 74.009 | 2423 | 2 |
Oblique Striped | Phibalapteryx virgata | 70.039 | 1718 | 2 |
Double Kidney | Ipimorpha retusa | 73.212 | 2311 | 2 |
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet | Xanthorhoe ferrugata | 70.052 | 1725 | 2 |
Death’s-head Hawk-moth | Acherontia atropos | 69.005 | 1973 | 2 |
Buff Arches | Habrosyne pyritoides | 65.009 | 1653 | 2 |
Beautiful Hook-tip | Laspeyria flexula | 72.069 | 2473 | 2 |
Brick | Agrochola circellaris | 73.192 | 2262 | 2 |
Silver-striped Hawk-moth | Hippotion celerio | 69.018 | 1993 | 1 |
Purple Clay | Diarsia brunnea | 73.332 | 2122 | 1 |
Bordered Gothic | Sideridis reticulata | 73.277 | 2153 | 1 |
Langmaid’s Yellow Underwing | Noctua janthina | 73.347 | 2110a | 1 |
Coxcomb Prominent | Ptilodon capucina | 71.021 | 2008 | 1 |
Lilac Beauty | Apeira syringaria | 70.231 | 1910 | 1 |
Lunar Hornet Moth | Sesia bembeciformis | 52.003 | 371 | 1 |
Mathew’s Wainscot | Mythimna favicolor | 73.292 | 2200 | 1 |
Heath Rustic | Xestia agathina | 73.356 | 2135 | 1 |
Buff-tip | Phalera bucephala | 71.025 | 1994 | 1 |
Antler Moth | Cerapteryx graminis | 73.254 | 2176 | 1 |
Phoenix | Eulithis prunata | 70.089 | 1754 | 1 |
Pale-shouldered Cloud | Chloantha hyperici | 73.112 | 2097a | 1 |
Toadflax Brocade | Calophasia lunula | 73.059 | 2223 | 1 |
Dwarf Cream Wave | Idaea fuscovenosa | 70.006 | 1705 | 1 |
Annulet | Charissa obscurata | 70.287 | 1964 | 1 |
Waved Black | Parascotia fuliginaria | 72.066 | 2475 | 1 |
Treble Brown Spot | Idaea trigeminata | 70.012 | 1711 | 1 |
Scorched Carpet | Ligdia adustata | 70.208 | 1888 | 1 |
Small Fan-foot | Herminia grisealis | 72.055 | 2492 | 1 |
Mallow | Larentia clavaria | 70.07 | 1745 | 1 |
Rustic Shoulder-knot | Apamea sordens | 73.158 | 2334 | 1 |
White-speck | Mythimna unipuncta | 73.296 | 2203 | 1 |
Magpie | Abraxas grossulariata | 70.205 | 1884 | 1 |
Oak Eggar | Lasiocampa quercus | 66.007 | 1637 | 1 |
Sandhill Rustic | Luperina nickerlii | 73.132 | 2354 | 1 |
Wormwood Pug | Eupithecia absinthiata | 70.179 | 1830 | 1 |
Buttoned Snout | Hypena rostralis | 72.004 | 2480 | 1 |
Fan-foot | Herminia tarsipennalis | 72.053 | 2489 | 1 |
Plumed Fan-foot | Pechipogo plumigeralis | 72.057 | 2488a | 1 |
Rest Harrow | Aplasta ononaria | 70.296 | 1664 | 1 |
Dusky-lemon Sallow | Cirrhia gilvago | 73.183 | 2275 | 1 |