Species List for 08/04/2026

 After a trip to the north, vias Clitheroe, Durham and the Cairngorms back to a very warm day (20 deg C) and minimum night od 14 deg C there were 55 moths of 18 species and eight NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
18.001	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	4	nfy
44.001	Alucita hexadactyla	Many-plumed Moth	1
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	1
70.067	Anticlea derivata	Streamer	1	nfy
70.141	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	10
70.157	Eupithecia dodoneata	Oak-tree Pug	1	nfy
70.160	Eupithecia tripunctaria	White-spotted Pug	1	nfy
70.200	Acasis viretata	Yellow-barred Brindle	1	nfy
70.201	Trichopteryx polycommata	Barred Tooth-striped	1	nfy
70.251	Biston strataria	Oak Beauty	1
70.257	Menophra abruptaria	Waved Umber	1	nfy
72	Scoliopteryx libatrix	Herald	1	nfy
73.069	Xylocampa areola	Early Grey	4
73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	2
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	12
73.245	Orthosia cruda	Small Quaker	2
73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	9
73.250	Anorthoa munda	Twin-spotted Quaker	2

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Yellow-barred Brindle

Oak-tree Pug

Wave3d Umber

Herald

Barred Tooth-striped

Streamer

White-spotted Pug

Diamond-backed Moth

Species List for 02/05/2022

 Another good night for early May, with 62 moths of 24 species with eight NFY. there was aslo  melanistic male Pale Tussock that had me scratching my head at first.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
293	Caloptilia syringella		1	NFY
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	2	NFY
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	8
1288	Alucita hexadactyla	Twenty-plume Moth	5
1524	Emmelina monodactyla		1
1651	Cilix glaucata	Chinese Character	1
1747	Anticlea derivata	Streamer	1
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1	NFY
1852	Eupithecia abbreviata	Brindled Pug	1
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	7
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	3
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1	NFY
1936	Menophra abruptaria	Waved Umber	1	NFY
2003	Notodonta ziczac	Pebble Prominent	1	NFY
2028	Calliteara pudibunda	Pale Tussock	1
2078	Nola confusalis	Least Black Arches	1
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	9
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	2
2179	Panolis flammea	Pine Beauty	1	NFY
2186	Orthosia gracilis	Powdered Quaker	1
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	7
2188	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	4
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	1	NFY

 

Brown House Moth

Caloptilia syringella

Common Wainscot

Powdered Quaker

Pebble Prominent

Melanistic Pale Tussock

,Double-striped Pug

Peppered Moth

Clouded Drab

Pine Beauty

Common Pug

Waved Umber,

Species List for 26/05/2021

A better night in the current circumstances with 15 moths of ten species, four NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
1776	Colostygia pectinataria	Green Carpet	1	NFY
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	3
1936	Menophra abruptaria	Waved Umber	2
1981	Laothoe populi	Poplar Hawk-moth	1	NFY
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	1	NFY
2173	Hadena bicruris	Lychnis	1	NFY
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	2
2425	Colocasia coryli	Nut-tree Tussock	1

 

Poplar Hawk-moth,

Green Carpet,

Lychnis,

Setaceous Hebrew Character,

Nut-tree Tussock,

Waved Umber,