NOCTUIDAE (XYLENINAE)
Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus.
Chichester, West Sussex. 1st July 2022
Pale Mottled Willow Caradrina clavipalpis.
24th July 2012
Pale Mottled Willow Caradrina clavipalpis.
Chichester, West Sussex. 8th August 2020
Clancy's Rustic Caradrina kadenii.
Chichester, West Sussex. 11th October 2023
The Rustic Hoplodrina blanda.
Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset. 12th July 2011
The Rustic Hoplodrina blanda.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 24th August 2018
The Uncertain Hoplodrina octogenaria.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 9th July 2018
Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 21st June 2019
Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua.
Hanford, Dorset. 17th June 2017
Silky Wainscot Chilodes maritima, f. nigristriata.
Lyme Park, Cheshire. 2nd July 2021
Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 22nd May 2019
Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica.
Piddinghoe, East Sussex. 2nd June 2013
Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica, f. obscura.
Piddinghoe, East Sussex. 4th June 2013
Bird's Wing Dypterygia scabriuscula.
St. Marcel du Perigord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 12th September 2011
Old Lady Mormo maura.
Three Oaks, East Sussex. 12th September 2022
Guernsey Underwing Polyphaenis sericata.
Brion, Loire, France. 3rd July 2014
Straw Underwing Thalophila matura.
St. Marcel du Perigord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 13th September 2011
Straw Underwing Thalophila matura.
St. Marcel du Perigord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 15th September 2011
Straw Underwing Thalophila matura.
Broad Oak, East Sussex. 8th August 2023
Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa.
22nd September 2012
Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa.
1st October 2011
Small Angle Shades Euplexia leucipara.
2nd July 2010
Small Angle Shades Euplexia leucipara.
5th July 2012
Dusky Sallow Eremobia ochroleuca.
Chichester, West Sussex. 20th July 2020
Dusky Sallow Eremobia ochroleuca.
Brion, Loire, France. 3rd July 2014
Frosted Orange Gortyna flavago.
Chichester, West Sussex. 17th September 2021
Frosted Orange Gortyna flavago.
First for my garden 15th September 2023
Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea.
Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset. 12th July 2011
Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea.
1st October 2011
Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea.
11th September 2019
Large Ear, Crinian Ear or Ear Moth Amphipoea lucens, A. crinanensis or A. oculea.
Not possible to discriminate between these species without killing the moth and examining genetalia and I don't do that, at least not to moths! Saltern Ear (A. fucosa paludis) is unlikely for my garden as it is mainly a coastal species. 26th August 2022
Large Ear, Crinian Ear or Ear Moth Amphipoea lucens, A. crinanensis or A. oculea.
Lyme Park, Cheshire 26th July 2018
Large Ear, Crinian Ear or Ear Moth Amphipoea lucens, A. crinanensis or A. oculea.
Lyme Park, Cheshire 26th July 2018
Large Ear, Crinian Ear or Ear Moth Amphipoea lucens, A. crinanensis or A. oculea.
Lyme Park, Cheshire 26th July 2018
Large Ear, Crinian Ear or Ear Moth Amphipoea lucens, A. crinanensis or A. oculea.
13th August 2020
Dumeril's Rustic Luperina dumerilii.
St. Marcel du Perigord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 12th September 2011
An immigrant to the UK, common in southern Europe - the most numerous moth in my trap in the Dordogne in September 2011. Extremely variable - note the range in the four images shown here.
Dumeril's Rustic Luperina dumerilii.
St. Marcel du Perigord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 14th September 2011
Dumeril's Rustic Luperina dumerilii.
St. Marcel du Perigord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 14th September 2011
Dumeril's Rustic Luperina dumerilii.
St. Marcel du Perigord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 14th September 2011
Flounced Rustic Luperina testacea.
Piddinghoe (near Newhaven), Sussex. 12th September 2012
Flounced Rustic Luperina testacea.
Piddinghoe (near Newhaven), Sussex. 13th September 2012
Flounced Rustic Luperina testacea.
Lyme Park, Cheshire East. 27th August 2022
Large Wainscot Rhizedra lutosa.
Three Oaks, East Sussex. 12th September 2022
Large Wainscot Rhizedra lutosa.
Three Oaks, East Sussex. 13th September 2022
Small wainscot Chortodes pygmina.
23rd July 2010
Small wainscot Chortodes pygmina.
21st August 2013
Small wainscot Chortodes pygmina.
21st August 2013
Small Dotted Buff Photedes minima male.
15th July 2018
Dusky Brocade Apamea remissa.
Lyme Park, Cheshire. 2nd July 2021
Dusky Brocade Apamea remissa.
27th June 2011
Dusky Brocade Apamea remissa.
Lyme Park, Cheshire. 29th June 2023
Clouded-bordered Brindle Apamea crenata.
11th July 2012
Clouded-bordered Brindle Apamea crenata.
Bromlow, Shropshire. 28th May 2011
Large Nutmeg Apamea anceps.
Ridge, Wiltshire. 23rd June 2013
Large Nutmeg Apamea anceps.
Ridge, Wiltshire. 23rd June 2013
Large Nutmeg Apamea anceps.
Ridge, Wiltshire. 23rd June 2013
Rustic Shoulder Knot Apamea sordens.
8th May 2011
Rustic Shoulder Knot Apamea sordens.
1st June 2011
Rustic Shoulder Knot Apamea sordens.
26th May 2023
Small Clouded Brindle Apamea unanimis.
1st June 2011
Small Clouded Brindle Apamea unanimis.
1st June 2011
Slender Brindle Apamea scolopacina.
Membury, Devon. 15th July 2013
Slender Brindle Apamea scolopacina.
16th July 2022
Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha.
10th June 2011
Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha.
18th June 2012
Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha.
22nd June 2011
Light Arches Apamea lithoxylaea.
Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset. 12th July 2011
Light Arches Apamea lithoxylaea.
26th July 2011
Reddish Light Arches Apamea sublustris.
Hanford, Dorset. 19th June 2017
Reddish Light Arches Apamea sublustris.
Hanford, Dorset. 19th June 2017
Double Lobed Lateroligia ophiogramma.
Membury, Devon. 17th July 2013
Double Lobed Lateroligia ophiogramma.
3rd July 2018
Common Rustic/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis/didyma.
23rd July 2011. Not possible to separate the two species without dissection.
Common Rustic/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis/didyma.
23rd July 2011. See above.
Common Rustic/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis/didyma.
Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset. 12th July 2011. See above.
Common Rustic/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis/didyma.
3rd August 2011. See above.
Common Rustic/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis/didyma.
13th August 2011. See above.
Common Rustic/Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis/didyma.
2nd August 2012. See above.
Rosy Minor Litoligia literosa.
Lyme Park, Cheshire. 31st July 2017
Rosy Minor Litoligia literosa.
Lyme Park, Cheshire. 31st July 2017
Oligia sp. A species of the Minor group - impossible to differentiate between Marbled Minor (O. strigilis) and Tawny Marbled Minor (O. latruncula) without examination of genetalia.
2nd July 2011
Oligia sp. A species of the Minor group - see above.
1st July 2012
Oligia sp. A species of the Minor group - see above.
2nd June 2022
Middle-barred Minor Oligia fasciuncula.
19th June 2011
Middle-barred Minor Oligia fasciuncula.f. pallida
9th June 2018
Middle-barred Minor Oligia fasciuncula.f. pallida
14th June 2020
Cloaked Minor Mesoligia furuncula
Chichester, W. Sussex. 17th July 2020
Cloaked Minor Mesoligia furuncula
Chichester, W. Sussex. 18th July 2021
Orange Sallow Tiliacea citrago.
Lyme Park, Cheshire. 11th September 2019
Orange Sallow Tiliacea citrago.
7th September 2021
Barred Sallow Tiliacea aurago.
Little Walsingham, Norfolk. 26th Septembber 2018
Pink-barred Sallow Xanthia togata.
2nd September 2010
Pink-barred Sallow Xanthia togata.
28th September 2014
Sallow Xanthia icteritia.
21st August 2011
Sallow Xanthia icteritia.
25th August 2011
Sallow Xanthia icteritia.
5th September 2014
Sallow Xanthia icteritia Ab. flavescens.
10th September 2021
Beaded Chestnut Agrochola lychnidis.
Hindringham, Norfolk. 10th October 2011
Beaded Chestnut Agrochola lychnidis.
Little Walsingham, Norfolk. 26th Septembber 2018
Brown-spot Pinion Agrochola litura.
25th Septembber 2021
Red-line Quaker Agrochola lota.
27th September 2011
Red-line Quaker Agrochola lota.
29th September 2011
Yellow-line Quaker Agrochola machilenta.
27th September 2011
Yellow-line Quaker Agrochola machilenta.
1st October 2011
Brick Agrochola circellaris.
Hindringham, Norfolk. 10th October 2011
Brick Agrochola circellaris.
13th October 2011
Lunar Underwing Omphaloscelis lunosa.
25th September 2011
Lunar Underwing Omphaloscelis lunosa.
28th September 2014
Lunar Underwing Omphaloscelis lunosa.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 24th September 2017
Lunar Underwing Omphaloscelis lunosa.
Three Oaks, East Sussex. 13th September 2022
Lunar Underwing Omphaloscelis lunosa.
Little Walsingham, Norfolk. 26th Septembber 2018
Chestnut Conistra vaccinii.
15th October 2011
Chestnut Conistra vaccinii.
8th November 2011
Dark Chestnut Conistra ligula.
31st October 2011
Pale Pinion Lithophane socia.
13th May 2023
Grey Shoulder-knot Lithophane ornitopus.
26th October 2011
Grey Shoulder-knot Lithophane ornitopus.
Lyme Park, Cheshire. 13th October 2021
Blair's Shoulder-knot Lithophane leautieri hesperica.
27th September 2011
Blair's Shoulder-knot Lithophane leautieri hesperica.
29th September 2011
Blair's Shoulder-knot Lithophane leautieri hesperica.
1st October 2011
Satellite Eupsilia transversa.
31st October 2011
Satellite Eupsilia transversa.
13th October 2011
Satellite Eupsilia transversa.
26th October 2011
Olive Ipimorpha subtusa.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 18th July 2021
Lesser-spotted Pinion Cosmia affinis.
St. Marcel du Perigord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 13th September 2011
Lesser-spotted Pinion Cosmia affinis.
St. Marcel du Perigord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 13th September 2011
Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina.
21st July 2011
Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina.
2nd August 2011
Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina.
21st July 2014
Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina.
Pale variant, 2nd August 2021
Lunar-spotted Pinion Cosmia pyralina.
Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset. 12th July 2011
Lunar-spotted Pinion Cosmia pyralina.
Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset. 12th July 2011
Centre-barred Sallow Atethmia centrago.
23rd August 2021
Centre-barred Sallow Atethmia centrago.
Chichester, West Sussex. 17th September 2021
Minor Shoulder-knot Brachylomia viminalis.
Glanville Wootton, Dorset. 12th July 2011
Suspected Parastichtis suspecta.
Lyme Park, East Cheshire. 11th July 2022
Oak Rustic Dryobota labecula.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 31st October 2018
Merveille du Jour Dichonia aprilina.
27th September 2011
Merveille du Jour Dichonia aprilina.
Hindringham, Norfolk. 10th October 2011
Merveille du Jour Dichonia aprilina.
Cichester, West Sussex. 14th October 2017. Much brighter than northern specimens.
Brindled Green Druobotodes eremita.
2nd September 2011
Brindled Green Druobotodes eremita.
Three Oaks, East Sussex. 12th September 2022
Southern Brindled Green Druobotodes roboris.
St. Marcel du Périgord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 16th September 2011
This species is on the UK list (2248a) after a 2006 record from Jersey..
Grey Chi Antitype chi.
21st August 2011
Grey Chi Antitype chi.
21st August 2011
Grey Chi Antitype chi.
23rd August 2011
Black Rustic Aporophyla nigra.
13th October 2011
Black Rustic Aporophyla nigra.
Little Walsingham, Norfolk 26th September 2018
Large Ranunculus Polymixis flavicincta.
Hindringham, Norfolk. 10th October 2011
Dark brocade Blepharita adusta.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 25th August 2018