Family:  Notodontidae

Iron Prominent (- including bred livestock in 2009, through all of the life-cycle stages - at this location caterpillar foodplant:  Willow. )

Coxcomb Prominent

Pebble Prominent

Buff-Tip

Puss Moth

Family:  Geometridae

(- Subfamily:  Larentiinae )

Winter Moth - Operophtera brumata ( Linnaeus, 1758)

November Moth - Epirrita dilutata ( Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Autumnal Moth - Epirrita autumnata ( Borkhausen, 1794)

Garden Carpet - Xanthorhoe fluctuata ( Linnaeus, 1758)  (- Our very first ever moth records include, of course, this very familiar and common species  - dating as far back as to in the summers of 1981 / and '82 ! )

Silver-ground Carpet - Xanthorhoe montanata ( Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Dark-Barred Twin-spot Carpet - Xanthorhoe ferrugata ( Clerck, 1759)

Red Twin-spot Carpet - Xanthorhoe spadicearia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Green Carpet - Colostygia pectinataria ( Knoch, 1781)

Beech-Green Carpet - Colostygia olivata ( Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)   (- 2015 and 2021 ! - Photos coming soon !  )

Red-Green Carpet - Chloroclysta siterata ( Hufnagel, 1767)   (- Autumn 2016, onwards.  Photos coming soon ! )

Juniper Carpet

Spruce Carpet

Common Marbled Carpet 

Common Carpet

Yellow-Shell

Barred-Yellow

Spinach

Small Phoenix

Small Rivulet - Perizoma alchemillata ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Sandy Carpet - Perizoma flavofasciata ( Thunberg, 1792)

Shoulder-Stripe

Shaded Broad-bar - Scotopteryx chenopodiata (Linnaeus, 1758)   (- This is another moth species that, at first, ( as children) we very commonly seen on overgrown wasteland, near the back of a camp site - in Prestatyn, North Wales - during the early/ to mid-1980s.   But then, by around in the early-1990s it was starting to come to the M.V.-light here, at this locality - and of course, so a very welcomed sight ! )

Common Pug

Oak-Tree Pug

Tawny-Speckled Pug

Lime-Speck Pug

Bordered Pug

Foxglove Pug

Green Pug

V-Pug

Double-Striped Pug

(- Subfamily:  Sterrhinae / Idaeinae )

Riband Wave - Idaea aversata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Small-Dusty Wave - 

Single-Dotted Wave -

Small Fan-Footed Wave -

Blood-Vein -

Small Blood-Vein -

The Vestal - Rhodometra sacraria (Linnaeus, 1767)  (- In 1986, only !   - This is actually a migrant species, not resident in this country.   The one that was spotted, which at the time came out from hiding in a privet hedge, would have been one of only several hundred that had in that year arrived from the continent - scattered throughout the whole country. )

(- Subfamily:  Ennominae )

Swallow-Tailed Moth - Ourapteryx sambucaria (Linnaeus, 1758)   (- This beautiful and common larger Geometrid species we usually encounter every year here, likely as because of the presence of ivy (Hedera helix) - the preferred caterpillar foodplant.    Including, being reared from ovae / larvae - several times - since in the early-1980s.    Very interestingly and strangely, this species shows a tendency to produce dwarfed individuals of a partial autumnal second brood, if the weather is unusually or unseasonably warm !   We observed this back in both 2002, and more recently in about October, 2016 - on that occasion one unexpectedly came to light ! )  

Brimstone Moth

Common White Wave

Light Emerald

Magpie

Clouded-Border

Scorched Wing

Lilac Beauty

Scalloped Hazel

Early Thorn

Canary-Shouldered Thorn

September Thorn

Feathered Thorn

Orange Moth (- attracted to light in bathroom, through open window - moth-trapping night, July 1983 only ! )

Straw Belle

Peppered Moth

Waved Umber

Mottled Umber

Dotted-Border

Spring Usher

Early Moth

March Moth

(- Subfamily:  Geometrinae )   

Common Emerald

Little Emerald

Family:  Drepanidae

(- Subfamily:  Thyatirinae )

Peach-Blossom (- 1988 only ! )

Buff-Arches

(- Subfamily:  Drepaninae )

Chinese Character

Pebble Hook-Tip

Oak Hook-Tip

Family:  Lasiocampidae

Drinker

Lackey

Oak-Eggar

Family:  Sphingidae

Hummingbird Hawk-Moth

Elephant Hawk-Moth

Lime Hawk-Moth

Eyed Hawk-Moth

Poplar Hawk-Moth

Privet Hawk-Moth (- 1983/ 1984 - Bred from livestock, only....)

Family:  Sesiidae

(- Subfamily:  Sesiinae )

Currant Clearwing - Synanthedon tipuliformis ( Clerck, 1759)   (- 1988, only.  As because of the presence of a row of blackcurrant bushes (Ribes).   Although our only record for this species / family, like other members of this micromoth family, being a wasp-mimic it was possibly overlooked.    The one spotted was newly-emerged, and so would have previously developed as a caterpillar living internally on the shoots of one of the blackcurrant bushes - proving of the presence of this species already in this location. )

Family:  Alucitidae

Twenty-plumed Moth - Alucita hexadactyla  (Linnaeus, 1758)    (- This pretty and very unusual little moth has been seen and recorded here at almost any time of the year - including appearing indoors even in the middle of winter, as they pass the winter as an adult moth.   They have been commonly seen here in this location for a great many years, as because of the presence of Honeysuckle ( Lonicera) - the foodplant of the larvae.    Unlike the English name, the scientific name - meaning "six-fingered" - is a lot more accurate, as because each wing is separated into six "plumes". )

Family:  Pyralidae / Crambidae

(- Subfamily:  Pyralinae )

Meal Moth - Pyralis farinalis ( Linnaeus, 1758)  (- New records for 2023 ! )

Gold-Fringe / Gold Triangle / Clover Webworm - Hypsopygia costalis  (Fabricius, 1775 )

Large Tabby - Aglossa pinguinalis ( Linnaeus, 1758)

(- Subfamily:  Galleriinae )

Bee Moth - Aphomia sociella (Linnaeus, 1758)

(- Subfamily:  Crambinae )

Agriphila tristella ( Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Agriphila geniculea ( Haworth, 1811)

(- Subfamily:  Pyraustinae )

Mint Moth - Pyrausta aurata ( Scopoli, 1763)  (- Confirmed as being of this species - as because of the presence of mint ( Mentha).

Small Magpie - Anania hortulata ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Elderberry-Pearl - Eurrhypara / Anania coronata (Hufnagel, 1767)

(- Subfamily:  Spilomelinae )

Mother-of-Pearl - Pleuroptya ruralis ( Scopoli, 1763)

Udea lutealis ( Hübner, 1809)

Udea prunalis  ( Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Udea olivalis  ( Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Rush Veneer - Nomophila noctuella  ( Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Box-Tree Moth - Cydalima perspectalis ( Walker, 1859 ) (- First appearance here in 2022 - when a mating pair shown up - one of the pair, of the dark form, had died - but was, very oddly, still attached on its mate;  New records in 2023 - including 28/ 07/ 2023 - seen flying when dusk. )   

       This is a visually striking species originally from Asia - very likely it has been accidentally / inadvertently brought into this country, as well as in central Europe, with imported Buxus plants.  Since the very first records back in 2007 in Kent, and 2008 in Weybridge, Surrey, this species has been found to have become established in London and the south-east - where it is common and widespread.  At a considerable rate it is also spreading northwards.  Unfortunately, this is considered a pest species of ornamental Box - Buxus.

Family:  Tortricidae

(- Subfamily:  Tortricinae )

Green-Oak Tortrix - Tortrix viridana ( Linnaeus, 1758)  (- Although, the very first record we have of this common species is of my own childhood in July, 1983 - when "hundreds" were seen while on a primary-school visit to the local woods - this species has also, occasionally, appeared in this locality.

Garden Rose Tortrix - Acleris variegana  ( Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Red-Barred Tortrix - Ditula angustiorana ( Haworth, 1811)    (- The very first moth records we have, definitely include this species !    It was very common here in this location during the early / to mid-1980s, and still common in the mid-1990s.   In around June / July, 1983 / '84 literally "hundreds" of them would be seen flying, in the sunshine as well as at night.   They seemed to have a preference for hedge plants / trees, such as privet and yew - where would find their many caterpillars - including a very fond childhood memory of myself finding them inside rolled privet leaves, in December, 1982.    We still see it here every so often.  (- New photos coming soon ! ) 

Carnation Tortrix - Cacoecimorpha pronubana (Hübner, 1799)   (- This is a distinctive species, with bright-orange hindwings thinly bordered with black.   Our first records for this moth appeared and logged in about 1988, onwards. It was a very common sight to see them flying about in sunshine - during peak periods - say, in the morning and later in the afternoon.   I remember thinking that with their zig-zagging flight, they looked much like tiny versions of the 'Vapourer' moth !

       They appeared to have at least two generations annually - in the late-spring around May - June, and then later in the year in late-summer / early-autumn, around August - September, even as late as October.   We were definitely still recording this species in 1995 / and 1996, and I think also  up until in around 2006 - but since then it seems to have disappeared from this location.       In Britain, this species was first recorded in 1905 - on the south coast. )

Great Tortrix / Great Twist Moth - Choristoneura hebenstreitella  ( Müller, 1764)   (- New Photos coming soon ! )

Timothy Tortrix - Aphelia paleana ( Hübner, 1793)

Yellow-spot Tortrix - Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (Fabricius, 1775)

(- Subfamily:  Olethreutinae )

Dark Strawberry Tortrix / Common Marble - Celypha lacunana, (- formerly - Olethreutes lacunana ) ( Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)   (- Very common / and widespread ! - This is probably one of the most commonly that have recorded - both in the daytime as well as at night. )

Marbled Orchard Tortrix - Hedya nubiferana (Haworth, 1811)  [- Synonyms: dimidoalba]

Apple Codling Moth - Cydia pomonella ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Pea Moth - Cydia nigricana ( Fabricius, 1794)

Broad-blotch Drill / Oxeye Daisy Tortrix - Dichrorampha alpinana (Treitschke, 1830)  (- Only confirmed as of being this species, as because of seen flying near / the presence of Oxeye daisy ( Leucanthemum vulgare).

(- Tortricidae Footnote:

This is actually a very difficult micro-moth family, when trying to properly identify species.  Even with our huge archive - including of now 40+ years of recording Lepidoptera, there must be a number of moths from this family that even today, we do not exactly know what species they are - but just loosely record them with a written description / including photo(s), where possible.   So we are only including positively identified ones, here ! )

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