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Moths and butterflies - old list
Moths and butterflies - old list
Until 2001, Dr Julian Clarke, a keen local lepidopterist, did night-time moth trapping on the reserve and on Centenary Fields. He then moved out of the area and has been unable to continue his observations. This is the aggregate list of what he found, for which we are very grateful.
Many moths do not have common names, so the list is in scientific name order.
Abraxas grossulariata - Magpie Moth
Acentria ephemerella - Water Veneer
Acentria nivea - Water Veneer
Acrobasis repandana - a pyralid moth
Acronicta aceris - Sycamore
Acronicta leporina - Miller
Acronicta megacephala - Poplar Grey
Acronicta psi - Grey Dagger
Acronicta tridens - Dark Dagger
Aglais urticae - Small Tortoiseshell
Agriphila geniculea - a pyralid moth
Agriphila selasella - a pyralid moth
Agriphila straminella - a pyralid moth
Agriphila tristella - a pyralid moth
Agrochola helvola - Flounced Chestnut
Agrochola lota - Red-line Quaker
Agrochola macilenta - Yellow-line Quaker
Agrotis clavis - Heart and Club
Agrotis exclamationis - Heart and Dart
Agrotis puta - Shuttle Shaped Dart
Agrotis segetum - Turnip Moth
Alcis repandata - Mottled Beauty
Allophyes oxyacanthae - Green-brindled Crescent
Alsophila aescularia - March Moth
Amphipyra berbera svensson - Svensson's Copper
Apamea lithoxylea - Light Arches
Apamea monoglypha - Dark Arches
Apamea remissa - Dusky Brocade
Apamea scolopacina - Slender Brindle
Aphomia sociella - Bee Moth
Aporophyla lutulenta - Deep-brown Dart
Autographa gamma - Silver Y
Autographa pulchrina - Beautiful Golden Y
Axylia putris - Flame
Biston betularia - Peppered Moth
Brachylomia viminalis - Minor Shoulder-knot
Cabera exanthemata - Common Wave
Cabera pusaria - Common White Wave
Campaea margaritata - Light Emerald
Camptogramma bilineata - Yellow Shell
Caradrina morpheus - Mottled Rustic
Catoptria falsella - a pyralid moth
Cerapteryx graminis - Antler
Cerura vinula - Puss Moth
Chloroclysta siterata - Red-green Carpet
Chloroclysta truncata - Common Marbled Carpet
Chloroclystis rectangulata - Green Pug
Chloroclystis v-ata - V-Pug
Chrysoteuchia culmella - Garden Grass-veneer
Cidaria fulvata - Barred Yellow
Coenobia rufa - Small Rufous
Colotois pennaria - Feathered Thorn
Conistra vaccinii - Chestnut
Cosmia pyralina - Lunar-spotted Pinion
Cosmia trapezina - Dun-bar
Crambus lathoniellus - A pyralid moth
Crambus pascuella - a pyralid moth
Crocallis elinguaria - Scalloped Oak
Cryphia domestica - Marbled Beauty
Cynthia cardui - Painted Lady
Deilephila elpenor - Elephant Hawk-moth
Diachrysia chrysitis - Burnished Brass
Dioryctria abietella - a pyralid moth
Dipleurina lacustrata - a pyralid moth
Discestra trifolii - Nutmeg
Diurnea fagella - a micro-moth
Drepana binaria - Oak Hook-tip
Dryobotodes eremita - Brindled Green
Ecliptopera silaceata - Small Phoenix
Eilema complana - Scarce Footman
Eilema lurideola - Common Footman
Endotricha flammealis - a pyralid moth
Epirrhoe alternata - Common Carpet
Eudonia mercurella - a pyralid moth
Eupithecia intricata - Freyer's Pug
Eupithecia subfuscata - Grey Pug
Eupithecia tenuiata - Slender Pug
Eupsilia transversa - Satellite
Eurhodope advenella - a pyralid moth
Eurrhypara coronata - a pyralid moth
Euzophera pinguis - a pyralid moth
Furcula furcula - Sallow Kitten
Galleria mellonella - Wax Moth
Geometra papilionaria - Large Emerald
Gymnoscelis rufifasciata - Double-striped Pug
Habrosyne pyritoides - Buff Arches
Hada nana - Shears
Hemithea aestivaria - Common Emerald
Hepialus humuli - Ghost Moth
Hoplodrina alsines - Uncertain
Hoplodrina ambigua - Vine's Rustic
Hoplodrina blanda - Rustic
Hydriomena furcata - July Highflyer
Hyloicus pinastri - Pine Hawk-moth
Hypena proboscidalis - Snout
Hypsopygia costalis - Gold Triangle
Idaea aversata - Riband Wave
Idaea biselata - Small Fan-footed Wave
Idaea trigeminata - Treble Brown Spot
Ipimorpha retusa - Double Kidney
Laothoe populi - Poplar Hawk-moth
Lithacodia pygarga - Marbled White Spot
Lithophane leautieri hesperica - Blair's Shoulder-knot
Lomaspilis marginata - Clouded Border
Lozotaeniodes formosanus - a tortrix moth
Lygephila pastinum - Blackneck
Maniola jurtina - Meadow Brown
Margaritia sticticalis - a pyralid moth
Melanchra persicariae - Dot Moth
Myelois cribrella - Thistle Ermine
Mythimna ferrago - Clay
Mythimna impura - Smoky Wainscot
Mythimna pallens - Common Wainscot
Noctua comes - Lesser Yellow Underwing
Noctua fimbriata - Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Noctua interjecta caliginosa - Least Yellow Underwing
Noctua janthe - Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing
Noctua pronuba - Large Yellow Underwing
Nomophila noctuella - Rush Veneer
Notodonta dromedarius - Iron Prominent
Nycteola revayana - Oak Nycteoline
Ochropleura plecta - Flame Shoulder
Oligia latruncula - Tawny Marbled Minor
Oligia strigilis - Marbled Minor
Operophtera brumata - Winter Moth
Opisthograptis luteolata - Brimstone Moth
Orthopygia glaucinalis - a pyralid moth
Orthosia cerasi - Common Quaker
Orthosia cruda - Small Quaker
Orthosia gothica - Hebrew Character
Orthosia munda - Twin-spotted Quaker
Ourapteryx sambucaria - Swallow-tailed Moth
Parapoynx stratiotata - Ringed China-mark
Parascotia fuliginaria - Waved Black
Peribatodes rhomboidaria - Willow Beauty
Perizoma alchemillata - Small Rivulet
Phalera bucephala - Buff-tip
Pheosia gnoma - Lesser Swallow Prominent
Phlogophora meticulosa - Angle Shades
Photedes minima - Small Dotted Buff
Phragmatobia fuliginosa - Ruby Tiger
Phycita roborella - a pyralid moth
Pleuroptya ruralis - Mother of Pearl
Plutella xylostella - Diamond Backed Moth
Polymixis flavicincta - Large Ranunculus
Polyommatus icarus - Common Blue
Pyrausta aurata - a pyralid moth
Pyronia tithonus - Gatekeeper
Scoparia ambigualis - a pyralid moth
Scoparia basistrigalis - a pyralid moth
Scoparia pyralella - a pyralid moth
Scopula imitaria - Small Blood-vein
Semiothisa liturata - Tawny-barred Angle
Sesia bembeciformis - Lunar Hornet Moth
Thalpophila matura - Straw Underwing
Thera firmata - Pine Carpet
Thera obeliscata - Grey Pine Carpet
Theria primaria - Early Moth
Tortrix viridana - Green Oak Tortrix
Udea olivalis - a pyralid moth
Udea prunalis - a pyralid moth
Vanessa atalanta - Red Admiral
Xanthia aurago - Barred Sallow
Xanthia togata - Pink-barred Sallow
Xanthorhoe fluctuata - Garden Carpet
Xestia c-nigrum - Setaceous Hebrew Character
Xestia sexstrigata - Six-striped Rustic
Xestia triangulum - Double Square-spot