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Large yellow underwing showing
hindwings that give it its name
The
family
Noctuidae is the largest family of macro-moths in
Great Britain , where over 400 species occur:
Square-spot dart
Heart and dart
Flame shoulder
True lover's knot
Double square spot
Great brocade
Euxoa obelisca grisea , square-spot dart — south, west & north-east (Nationally Scarce B)
Euxoa tritici , white-line dart — throughout ‡*
Euxoa nigricans , garden dart — throughout ‡*
Euxoa cursoria , coast dart — east, west-central & north (Nationally Scarce B)
Agrotis graslini , Woods's dart — recently (2001) discovered on Jersey
Agrotis cinerea , light feathered rustic — south & central (Nationally Scarce B)
Agrotis vestigialis , Archer's dart — throughout (localized)
Agrotis spinifera , Gregson's dart — one specimen supposedly from
Isle of Man ]
Agrotis segetum , turnip moth — throughout
Agrotis clavis , heart and club — throughout
Agrotis exclamationis , heart and dart — throughout
Agrotis trux lunigera , crescent dart — south-west & west-central (localized)
Agrotis ipsilon , dark sword-grass —
immigrant
Agrotis herzogi , Spalding's dart — rare immigrant
Agrotis puta , shuttle-shaped dart
Agrotis ripae , sand dart — south, central & north-east (Nationally Scarce B)
Agrotis crassa , great dart —
immigrant (formerly resident)
Agrotis deprivata — ?recent rare immigrant
Feltia subgothica , Gothic dart — one dubious record of this
North American species]
Feltia subterranea , tawny shoulder — likely
imported or misidentified]
Axylia putris , flame — throughout
Actebia praecox , Portland moth —
immigrant (Nationally Scarce B)
Actebia fennica , Eversmann's rustic — rare immigrant
Ochropleura flammatra , black collar — rare immigrant
Ochropleura plecta , flame shoulder — throughout
Ochropleura leucogaster , Radford's flame shoulder — immigrant
Standfussiana lucernea , northern rustic — south, west-central & north (localized)
Rhyacia simulans , dotted rustic — throughout
Rhyacia lucipeta , southern rustic — probable rare immigrant (one record)
Noctua pronuba , large yellow underwing — throughout
Noctua orbona , lunar yellow underwing — throughout (Nationally Scarce B)
Noctua comes , lesser yellow underwing — throughout
Noctua fimbriata , broad-bordered yellow underwing — throughout
Noctua janthina , Langmaid's yellow underwing — probable rare
immigrant or resident
Noctua janthe , lesser broad-bordered yellow underwing — throughout
Noctua interjecta caliginosa , least yellow underwing — south & central
Spaelotis ravida , stout dart — south & east-central (localized)
Graphiphora augur , double dart — throughout ‡*
Eugraphe subrosea , rosy marsh moth — west-central (Red Data Book)
Protolampra sobrina , cousin German — north (Nationally Scarce A)
Eugnorisma glareosa , autumnal rustic — throughout ‡*
Eugnorisma depuncta , plain clay — north, west-central & south-west (Nationally Scarce B)
Lycophotia porphyrea , true lover's knot — throughout
Peridroma saucia , pearly underwing —
immigrant & possible transitory resident
Diarsia mendica , ingrailed clay
Diarsia mendica mendica — throughout
Diarsia mendica orkneyensis —
Orkney
Diarsia mendica thulei —
Shetland
Diarsia dahlii , barred chestnut — north, west-central & south-east (localized)
Diarsia brunnea , purple clay — throughout
Diarsia rubi , small square-spot — throughout ‡*
Diarsia florida , fen square-spot — east-central, west-central & north (localized)
Xestia alpicola alpina , northern dart — north (Nationally Scarce A)
Xestia c-nigrum , setaceous Hebrew character — throughout
Xestia ditrapezium , triple-spotted clay — throughout (localized)
Xestia triangulum , double square-spot —throughout
Xestia ashworthii , Ashworth's rustic — west-central (Nationally Scarce A)
Xestia baja , dotted clay — throughout
Xestia rhomboidea , square-spotted clay — throughout (Nationally Scarce B)
Xestia castanea , neglected rustic — throughout (localized) ‡*
Xestia sexstrigata , six-striped rustic — throughout
Xestia xanthographa , square-spot rustic — throughout
Xestia agathina , heath rustic ‡*
Xestia agathina agathina — throughout (localized)
Xestia agathina hebridicola —
Hebrides
Shears
Lead-coloured drab
White-point
Flame wainscot
Anarta myrtilli , beautiful yellow underwing — throughout
Anarta cordigera , small dark yellow underwing — north-east (Nationally Scarce A) ‡
Anarta melanopa , broad-bordered white underwing — north (Red Data Book)
Discestra trifolii , nutmeg — throughout
Lacinipolia renigera , kidney-spotted minor — dubious old record]
Lacinipolia laudabilis — ?recent rare
immigrant
Hada plebeja , shears — throughout
Polia bombycina , pale shining brown — south (proposed Red Data Book)
Polia trimaculosa , silvery arches — throughout (Nationally Scarce B)
Polia nebulosa , grey arches — throughout
Pachetra sagittigera britannica , feathered ear — south (presumed
extinct )
Sideridis albicolon , white colon — south, central & north-east (Nationally Scarce B)
Heliophobus reticulata marginosa , bordered Gothic — south & east-central (proposed Red Data Book)
Mamestra brassicae , cabbage moth — throughout
Melanchra persicariae , dot moth — south, central & north ‡*
Melanchra pisi , broom moth — throughout ‡*
Lacanobia contigua , beautiful brocade — throughout (localized)
Lacanobia w-latinum , light brocade — throughout (localized)
Lacanobia thalassina , pale-shouldered brocade — throughout
Lacanobia suasa , dog's tooth — south & central (localized)
Lacanobia oleracea , bright-line brown-eye — throughout
Lacanobia blenna , stranger — rare
immigrant & temporary resident
Papestra biren , glaucous shears — south-west, west-central & north (localized)
Hecatera bicolorata , broad-barred white — throughout
Hecatera dysodea , small ranunculus — south-east & south
Wales
Hadena rivularis , campion — throughout
Hadena perplexa
Hadena perplexa perplexa , tawny shears — south & central
Hadena perplexa capsophila , pod lover — south-west, west-central, north-west &
Isle of Man (localized)
Hadena irregularis , viper's bugloss — presumed
extinct
Hadena luteago barrettii , Barrett's marbled coronet — south-west (Nationally Scarce B)
Hadena compta , varied coronet — south-east, south & east-central
Hadena confusa , marbled coronet — throughout (localized)
Hadena albimacula , white spot — south (Red Data Book)
Hadena bicruris , lychnis — throughout
Hadena caesia mananii , grey — north-west &
Isle of Man (Red Data Book)
Eriopygodes imbecilla , Silurian — south-west (Red Data Book)
Cerapteryx graminis , antler — throughout
Tholera cespitis , hedge rustic — throughout ‡*
Tholera decimalis , feathered Gothic — throughout ‡*
Panolis flammea , pine beauty — throughout
Xanthopastis timais , Spanish moth — dubious specimen]
Brithys crini pancratii , Kew arches — probable
import
Egira conspicillaris , silver cloud — south-west (Nationally Scarce A)
Orthosia cruda , small Quaker — throughout
Orthosia miniosa , blossom underwing — south & west-central (localized) & occasional immigrant
Orthosia opima , northern drab — throughout (localized)
Orthosia populeti , lead-coloured drab — throughout (localized)
Orthosia gracilis , powdered Quaker — throughout ‡*
Orthosia cerasi , common Quaker — throughout
Orthosia incerta , clouded drab — throughout
Orthosia munda , twin-spotted Quaker — south, central & north
Orthosia gothica , Hebrew character — throughout
Mythimna turca , double line — south-west & south-east (Nationally Scarce B)
Mythimna conigera , brown-line bright eye — throughout
Mythimna ferrago , clay — throughout
Mythimna albipuncta , white-point —
immigrant & recent colonist (south & south-east coasts)
Mythimna vitellina , delicate — immigrant
Mythimna pudorina , striped wainscot — south & central (localized)
Mythimna straminea , southern wainscot — south & central (localized)
Mythimna impura , smoky wainscot — throughout
Mythimna pallens , common wainscot — throughout
Mythimna favicolor , Mathew's wainscot — south & south-east (Nationally Scarce B)
Mythimna litoralis , shore wainscot — south, central & north-east (Nationally Scarce B)
Mythimna l-album , l-album wainscot —
immigrant to south (Nationally Scarce B)
Mythimna unipuncta , white-speck — immigrant & possible transitory resident
Mythimna obsoleta , obscure wainscot — south, east-central & west-central (localized)
Mythimna comma , shoulder-striped wainscot — throughout ‡*
Mythimna putrescens , Devonshire wainscot — south-west (Nationally Scarce A)
Mythimna commoides — probable
import or
hoax
Mythimna loreyi , cosmopolitan —
immigrant
Mythimna flammea , flame wainscot — south-east & south (Nationally Scarce A)
Graphania dives , Maori — probable
import
Toadflax brocade
Rannock sprawler
Early grey
Green-brindled crescent
Beautiful arches
Cucullia absinthii , wormwood — south & central (Nationally Scarce B)
Cucullia argentea , green silver-spangled shark — two specimens of dubious origin]
Cucullia artemisiae , scarce wormwood — rare
immigrant
Cucullia chamomillae , chamomile shark — south, central & north (localized)
Cucullia lactucae , lettuce shark — several dubious records]
Cucullia umbratica , shark — throughout
Cucullia asteris , star-wort — south & central (Nationally Scarce B)
Cucullia gnaphalii occidentalis , cudweed — presumed
extinct
Shargacucullia lychnitis , striped lychnis — south (Nationally Scarce A)
Shargacucullia scrophulariae , water betony — rare
immigrant
Shargacucullia verbasci , mullein — south & central
Shargacucullia prenanthis , false water betony — inclusion on British list presumed in error]
Shargacucullia caninae — single record of
caterpillars
Calophasia lunula , toadflax brocade — south-east (Red Data Book)
Calophasia platyptera , antirrhinum brocade — probable rare
immigrant
Brachylomia viminalis , minor shoulder-knot — throughout ‡*
Leucochlaena oditis , beautiful Gothic — south (Red Data Book)
Brachionycha sphinx , sprawler — south & central ‡*
Brachionycha nubeculosa , Rannoch sprawler — north (Red Data Book)
Dasypolia templi , brindled ochre — north, central & south-west (localized) ‡*
Aporophyla australis pascuea , feathered brindle — south (Nationally Scarce B)
Aporophyla lutulenta , deep-brown dart — south & central ‡*
Aporophyla lueneburgensis , northern deep-brown dart — north & west-central
Aporophyla nigra , black rustic — north, south, west-central & east-central
Lithomoia solidaginis , golden-rod brindle — north & west-central (localized)
Scotochrosta pulla , ash shoulder-knot — probable fraud]
Copipanolis styracis , fawn sallow — probable import]
Lithophane semibrunnea , tawny pinion — south (localized)
Lithophane hepatica , pale pinion — south & central (localized)
Lithophane ornitopus lactipennis , grey shoulder-knot — south & west-central
Lithophane furcifera , conformist
Lithophane furcifera furcifera —
immigrant
Lithophane furcifera suffusa — presumed
extinct
Lithophane consocia — probable rare
immigrant
Lithophane lamda , nonconformist — immigrant
Lithophane leautieri hesperica , Blair's shoulder-knot — south & central
Xylena vetusta , red sword-grass — north, west & south (localized)
Xylena exsoleta , sword-grass — north & central (Nationally Scarce B)
Xylocampa areola , early grey — throughout
Meganephria bimaculosa , double-spot brocade — possible
immigrant (otherwise import)
Allophyes oxyacanthae , green-brindled crescent — throughout ‡*
Valeria oleagina , green-brindled dot — dubious record]
Dryobota labecula , oak rustic — probably rare
immigrant
Dichonia aprilina , merveille du jour — throughout
Dryobotodes eremita , brindled green — throughout
Blepharita satura , beautiful arches — presumed
extinct
Blepharita adusta , dark brocade — throughout ‡*
Blepharita solieri , bedrule brocade — rare
immigrant
Antitype chi , grey chi — north, central & south
Trigonophora flammea , flame brocade —
immigrant & transitory resident
Polymixis flavicincta , large ranunculus — south & east-central (localized)
Polymixis gemmea , cameo probable rare
immigrant
Polymixis xanthomista statices , black-banded — south-west (Nationally Scarce A)
Polymixis lichenea , feathered ranunculus
Polymixis lichenea lichenea — south & central (localized)
Polymixis lichenea scillonea —
Isles of Scilly
Chestnut
Scarce merveille du jour
Coronet
Eupsilia transversa , satellite — throughout
Jodia croceago , orange upperwing — formerly south (Red Data Book); now rare immigrant
Conistra vaccinii , chestnut — throughout
Conistra ligula , dark chestnut — south, central & north
Conistra rubiginea , dotted chestnut — south-west & south (Nationally Scarce B)
Conistra erythrocephala , red-headed chestnut — rare
immigrant & transitory resident
Agrochola circellaris , brick — throughout
Agrochola lota , red-line Quaker — throughout
Agrochola macilenta , yellow-line Quaker — throughout
Agrochola haematidea , southern chestnut — south & south-east (Red Data Book)
Agrochola helvola , flounced chestnut — throughout ‡*
Agrochola litura , brown-spot pinion — throughout ‡*
Agrochola lychnidis , beaded chestnut — south, central & north ‡*
Atethmia centrago , centre-barred sallow — throughout ‡*
Omphaloscelis lunosa , lunar underwing — throughout
Xanthia citrago , orange sallow — throughout
Xanthia aurago , barred sallow — south, central & north
Xanthia togata , pink-barred sallow — throughout
Xanthia icteritia , sallow — throughout ‡*
Xanthia gilvago , dusky-lemon sallow — south, central & north (localized) ‡*
Xanthia ocellaris , pale-lemon sallow — south-east (Nationally Scarce A)
Moma alpium , scarce merveille du jour — south (Red Data Book)
Acronicta megacephala , poplar grey — throughout
Acronicta aceris , sycamore — south & east-central (localized)
Acronicta leporina , miller — throughout
Acronicta alni , alder moth — south & central (localized)
Acronicta cuspis , large dagger — unconfirmed record]
Acronicta tridens , dark dagger — south, central & north
Acronicta psi , grey dagger — throughout ‡*
Acronicta strigosa , marsh dagger — rare
immigrant (formerly resident)
Acronicta menyanthidis , light knot grass
Acronicta menyanthidis menyanthidis — north, west & east-central (localized)
Acronicta menyanthidis scotica — north (localized)
Marbled beauty
Old lady
Angle shades
Dun-bar
Dusky brocade
Marbled minor
Rosy rustic
Rustic
Vine's rustic
Pale mottled willow
Amphipyra pyramidea , copper underwing — south, central & north
Amphipyra berbera svenssoni , Svensson's copper underwing — south & central
Amphipyra tragopoginis , mouse moth — throughout ‡*
Mormo maura , old lady — throughout (localized)
Dypterygia scabriuscula , bird's wing — south-east & west-central (localized)
Rusina ferruginea , brown rustic — throughout
Thalpophila matura , straw underwing — south, central & north
Trachea atriplicis , orache moth — rare
immigrant (formerly resident)
Euplexia lucipara , small angle shades — throughout
Phlogophora meticulosa , angle shades — throughout
Actinotia polyodon , purple cloud —
immigrant
Actinotia hyperici , pale-shouldered cloud — rare
immigrant
Pseudenargia ulicis , Berber — probable rare
immigrant (one record)
Callopistria juventina , Latin — rare
immigrant
Callopistria latreillei — one recorded
caterpillar of uncertain origin]
Eucarta amethystina , Cumberland gem — unconfirmed record]
Ipimorpha retusa , double kidney — south & central (localized)
Ipimorpha subtusa , olive — south, central & north (localized)
Enargia paleacea , angle-striped sallow — probable
immigrant to central & north (Nationally Scarce B)
Parastichtis suspecta , suspected — throughout
Parastichtis ypsillon , dingy shears — south, central & north (localized)
Dicycla oo , heart moth — south (Red Data Book)
Cosmia affinis , lesser-spotted pinion — south & central (localized)
Cosmia diffinis , white-spotted pinion — south & central (proposed Red Data Book)
Cosmia trapezina , dun-bar — throughout
Cosmia pyralina , lunar-spotted pinion — south & central (localized)
Hyppa rectilinea , Saxon — north (Nationally Scarce B)
Apamea monoglypha , dark arches — throughout
Apamea lithoxylaea , light arches — throughout
Apamea sublustris , reddish light arches — south & central (localized)
Apamea zeta
Apamea zeta assimilis , northern arches — north (Nationally Scarce A)
Apamea zeta marmorata , exile —
Shetland
Apamea oblonga , crescent striped — south & central (Nationally Scarce B)
Apamea crenata , clouded-bordered brindle — throughout
Apamea epomidion , clouded brindle — south, central & north
Apamea lateritia , scarce brindle —
immigrant
Apamea furva britannica , confused — north, west & south (localized)
Apamea remissa , dusky brocade — throughout ‡*
Apamea unanimis , small clouded brindle — south, central & north
Apamea anceps , large nutmeg — south & central (localized) ‡*
Apamea sordens , rustic shoulder-knot — throughout
Apamea scolopacina , slender brindle — south & central
Apamea ophiogramma , double lobed — throughout
Eremobina pabulatricula , union rustic —
extinct
Oligia strigilis , marbled minor — throughout
Oligia versicolor , rufous minor — south, central & north (localized)
Oligia latruncula , tawny marbled minor — south, central & north
Oligia fasciuncula , middle-barred minor — throughout
Mesoligia furuncula , cloaked minor — throughout
Mesoligia literosa , rosy minor — throughout ‡*
Mesapamea secalis , common rustic — throughout
Mesapamea didyma , lesser common rustic — throughout
Mesapamea remmi , Remm's rustic — south & central (?north) — status as a valid
species uncertain
Photedes captiuncula expolita , least minor — central (Red Data Book)
Photedes minima , small dotted buff — throughout
Chortodes morrisii
Chortodes morrisii morrisii , Morris's wainscot — south-west (Red Data Book)
Chortodes morrisii bondii , Bond's wainscot — south-east (Red Data Book; probably
extinct )
Luperina nickerlii demuthi — south-east (Nationally Scarce A)
Luperina nickerlii leechi — south-west (Red Data Book)
Luperina nickerlii gueneei — west-central (Red Data Book)
Luperina dumerilii , Dumeril's rustic —
immigrant
Luperina zollikoferi , scarce arches —
immigrant
Amphipoea lucens , large ear — south-west, west-central & north (localized)
Amphipoea fucosa paludis , saltern ear — south, central & north-west (localized)
Amphipoea crinanensis , crinan ear — west, central & north (localized)
Amphipoea oculea , ear moth — throughout ‡*
Hydraecia micacea , rosy rustic — throughout ‡*
Hydraecia petasitis , butterbur — south, central & north (localized)
Hydraecia osseola hucherardi , marsh mallow moth — south-east (Red Data Book)
Gortyna flavago , frosted orange — throughout
Gortyna borelii lunata , Fisher's estuarine moth — south-east (Red Data Book)
Celaena haworthii , Haworth's minor — central, north & south (localized) †*
Celaena leucostigma , crescent ‡*
Celaena leucostigma leucostigma — throughout (localized)
Celaena leucostigma scotica — north (localized)
Nonagria typhae , bulrush wainscot — throughout
Archanara geminipuncta , twin-spotted wainscot — south & east-central (localized)
Archanara dissoluta , brown-veined wainscot — south & central (localized)
Archanara neurica , white-mantled wainscot — south-east (Red Data Book) ‡
Archanara sparganii , Webb's wainscot — south, south-east & south-west (Nationally Scarce B)
Archanara algae , rush wainscot — south-east & east-central (Red Data Book)
Rhizedra lutosa , large wainscot — throughout ‡*
Sedina buettneri , Blair's wainscot — south (Red Data Book)
Arenostola phragmitidis , fen wainscot — south, east-central & west-central (localized)
Oria musculosa , Brighton wainscot — south (proposed Red Data Book)
Coenobia rufa , small rufous — south, central & north (localized)
Charanyca trigrammica , treble lines — south & central
Hoplodrina alsines , uncertain — throughout
Hoplodrina blanda , rustic — throughout ‡*
Hoplodrina superstes , powdered rustic — rare
immigrant
Hoplodrina ambigua , Vine's rustic — south & central
Spodoptera exigua , small mottled willow —
immigrant
Spodoptera littoralis , Mediterranean brocade — probable rare
immigrant & import
Spodoptera litura , Asian cotton leafworm — probable import]
Spodoptera eridania , southern armworm — probable import]
Spodoptera cilium , dark mottled willow — rare
immigrant
Caradrina morpheus , mottled rustic — throughout ‡*
Platyperigea kadenii , Clancy's rustic — rare
immigrant
Paradrina flavirena , Lorimer's rustic — probable rare
immigrant
Paradrina clavipalpis , pale mottled willow — throughout
Perigea capensis , African — probable rare
immigrant
Chilodes maritimus , silky wainscot — south & central (localized)
Athetis pallustris , marsh moth — east-central (Red Data Book)
Proxenus hospes , Porter's rustic — rare
immigrant
Acosmetia caliginosa , reddish buff — south (Red Data Book)
Stilbia anomala , anomalous — south, south-west, west & north (localized) ‡*
Elaphria venustula , rosy marbled — south-east (Nationally Scarce B)
Small yellow underwing
Bordered sallow
Heliothis maritima warneckei — south (Red Data Book)
Heliothis maritima bulgarica — rare
immigrant
Marbled white spot
Scarce silver-lines
Nut-tree tussock
Burnished brass
Silver Y
Chrysodeixis chalcites , golden twin-spot —
immigrant & import
Chrysodeixis acuta , Tunbridge Wells gem — rare
immigrant
Ctenoplusia limbirena , scar bank gem —
immigrant
Ctenoplusia accentifera , accent gem — probable rare
immigrant
Trichoplusia ni , ni moth —
immigrant
Trichoplusia vittata , streaked plusia — probable rare
immigrant
Thysanoplusia orichalcea , slender burnished brass —
immigrant & import
Diachrysia chrysitis , burnished brass — throughout
Diachrysia chryson , scarce burnished brass — south & west-central (Nationally Scarce A)
Pseudoplusia includens , soybean looper — probable import]
Macdunnoughia confusa , Dewick's plusia —
immigrant
Polychrysia moneta , golden plusia — south, central & north
Euchalcia variabilis , purple-shaded gem — probable import]
Plusia festucae , gold spot — throughout
Plusia putnami gracilis , Lempke's gold spot — central, north & south (localized)
Spectacle (head-on)
Autographa gamma , silver Y —
immigrant throughout
Autographa pulchrina , beautiful golden Y — throughout
Autographa jota , plain golden Y — throughout
Autographa bractea , gold spangle — west, north & south
Megalographa biloba , Stephens' gem — probable rare
immigrant
Megalographa bimaculata , double-spotted spangle — single specimen of uncertain origin]
Syngrapha interrogationis , scarce silver Y — central & north (localized)
Cornutiplusia circumflexa , Essex Y — probable rare
immigrant
Abrostola triplasia , dark spectacle — throughout
Abrostola tripartita , spectacle — throughout
Red underwing
Catocala fraxini , Clifden nonpareil —
immigrant & transitory resident
Catocala nupta , red underwing — south & central
Catocala electa , rosy underwing — rare
immigrant
Catocala promissa , light crimson underwing — south (Red Data Book)
Catocala sponsa , dark crimson underwing — south (Red Data Book)
Catocala nymphagoga , oak yellow underwing — probable rare
immigrant
Minucia lunaris , lunar double-stripe —
immigrant & transitory resident
Clytie illunaris , Trent double-stripe — possible rare
immigrant (otherwise import)
Caenurgina crassiuscula , double-barred — probable import]
Mocis trifasciata , triple-barred — one specimen of dubious origin]
Dysgonia algira , passenger —
immigrant
Prodotis stolida , geometrician — rare
immigrant
Callistege mi , Mother Shipton — south, central & north
Euclidia glyphica , burnet companion — south & central
Herald
Catephria alchymista , alchymist —
immigrant
Tyta luctuosa , four-spotted — south, central & east (Nationally Scarce A)
Diphthera festiva — probable import]
Lygephila pastinum , blackneck — south & central (localized)
Lygephila craccae , scarce blackneck — south-west (Red Data Book)
Tathorhynchus exsiccata , Levant blackneck — rare
immigrant
Synedoida grandirena , great kidney — probable import]
Scoliopteryx libatrix , herald — throughout
Phytometra viridaria , small purple-barred — throughout (localized)
Anomis sabulifera , angled gem — possible rare
immigrant (otherwise import)
Straw dot
Snout
Pinion-streaked snout
Fan-foot
Pechipogo strigilata , common fan-foot — south (Nationally Scarce A)
Pechipogo plumigeralis , plumed fan-foot — rare
immigrant
Zanclognatha tarsipennalis , fan-foot — throughout
Zanclognatha lunalis , jubilee fan-foot — rare
immigrant
Herminia tarsicrinalis , shaded fan-foot — south-east (Red Data Book)
Zanclognatha zelleralis , dusky fan-foot — possible very rare
immigrant
Herminia grisealis , small fan-foot — throughout
Macrochilo cribrumalis , dotted fan-foot — south-east (Nationally Scarce B)
Paracolax tristalis , clay fan-foot —
immigrant to south-east (Nationally Scarce A)
Trisateles emortualis , olive crescent — south-east (Red Data Book)
Species listed in the 2007
UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP)
[1] are indicated by a double-dagger symbol (‡)—species so listed for research purposes only are also indicated with an asterisk (‡*).
List of moths of Great Britain (overview)
Family lists:
Hepialidae ,
Cossidae ,
Zygaenidae ,
Limacodidae ,
Sesiidae ,
Lasiocampidae ,
Saturniidae ,
Endromidae ,
Drepanidae ,
Thyatiridae ,
Geometridae ,
Sphingidae ,
Notodontidae ,
Thaumetopoeidae ,
Lymantriidae ,
Arctiidae ,
Ctenuchidae ,
Nolidae , Noctuidae and
Micromoths
^ Butterfly Conservation, 2007. The UK Biodiversity Action Plan – Moths . Butterfly Conservation, Wareham, UK. 4p.
Waring, Paul, Martin Townsend and Richard Lewington (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland . British Wildlife Publishing, Hook, UK.
ISBN
0-9531399-1-3 .