Moths - UK Life List

This is a list of moths I have recorded whilst living in Sutton Surrey and now in my new home in Dorset. Peter Alfrey sets up his moth lights in my garden before we visit Portland. The remainder are from the Portland Bird Observatory and places where Peter sets his traps whilst staying on the island. I will eventually purchase a set up and use it regularly in the garden.

I have listed the pictures by family type using the Concise Guide to the Moths of GB and Ireland by Townsend and Waring.

The first number shown against each species is the new decimal checklist number. The second number starting with BF is the Bradley and Fletcher number. Reference UK Moths website 

OECOPHORIDAE

Oecophorinae

28.01 BF647 Brown House Moth (Hofmannophilia pseudospretella)
(Puddletown Dorset 11/08/2021)

PTEROPHORIDAE

Pterophorinae

45.044 BF1524 Common Plume (Emmelina monodactyla)
(Puddletown Dorset 13/08/2021)

CRAMBIDAE

Pyraustinae

63.018 BF1378 Elder Pearl (Anania coronata)
(Puddletown Dorset 11/08/2021)

63.025 BF1376 Small Magpie (Anania hortulata)
(West Sutton Surrey 24/06/2014)

Spilomelinae

63.038 BF1405 Mother of Pearl (Plueroptya ruralis)
(West Sutton Surrey 27/07/2014)
DREPANIDAE

Drepaninae

65.005 BF1648 Pebble Hook-tip (Drepania falcataria)
(Puddletown Dorset 02/06/2023)

SPHINGIDAE

Smerinthinae

69.001 BF1979 Lime Hawk Moth (Mimas tilae)
(West Sutton Surrey 16/06/2014)

MACROGLOSSINAE

69.016 BF1991 Elephant Hawkmoth (Deilephila elpenor)
(West Sutton Surrey 18/06/2014)

GEOMETRIDAE

Sterrhinae

70.016 BF1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata)
(West Sutton Surrey 22/06/2014)

LARENTIINAE 

70.049 BF1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)

(West Sutton Surrey 07/10/2013)

70.097 BF1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Dysstroma truncata)
(West Sutton Surrey 07/10/2013)

70.083 BF1771a Cypress Carpet (Thera cupressata)
(West Sutton Surrey 07/10/2013)

70.2 BF1883 Yellow-barred Brindle (Acasis viretata)

(Puddletown Dorset 13/08/2021)

Ennominae

70.205 BF1884 Magpie (Abraxas grossulariata)
(Puddletown Dorset 11/08/2021)


70.226 BF1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)
(West Sutton Surrey 05/06/2014)
70.252 BF1931 Peppered Moth (Biston betularia)
(West Sutton Surrey18/06/2014)

70.237 BF1917 Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria)
(Puddletown Dorset 13/08/2021)

70.244 BF1923 Feathered Thorn (Colotois pennaria)
(Puddletown Dorset 09/10/2023)


70.258 BF1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria)
(West Sutton Surrey 07/06/2014)

70.27 BF1947 Engrailed (Ectopis crepuscularia)

(Puddletown Dorset 11/08/2021)


EREBIDAE

Lymantriinae

72.011 BF2034 Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar)
(West Sutton Surrey 27/07/2014)

Arctiinae

72.019 BF2061 Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum)
(West Sutton Surrey 22/06/2014)

72.02 BF2060 White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda)
(West Sutton Surrey 07/06/2014)

72.03 BF2067 Jersey Tiger (Euplagia quadripunctaria)

(West Sutton Surrey 27/07/2014)

72.044 BF2044 Dingy Footman (Eilema griseola)

(Puddletown Dorset 13/08/2021)

Erebinae

72.076 BF2451 Clifden Nonpareil (Catocala fraxini)
(Bardolf Manor House Puddletown Dorset 22/08/2023)

72.078 BF2452 Red Underwing (Catocala nupta)
(Bournemouth Hampshire 12/08/2023)


NOCTUIDAE

Plusiinae

73.015 BF2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
(West Sutton Surrey 07/06/2014)
Acronictinae

73.047 BF2291 Coronet (Craniophora ligustri coronula)
(West Sutton Surrey 22/06/2014)

Amphipyrinae

73.062 BF2297 Copper Underwing (Amphipyra pyramidea)
(Puddletown Dorset 13/08/2021)

Xyleninae

73.099 BF2384 Vines Rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua)
(Puddletown Dorset 02/06/2023)

73.101 BF2380 Treble Lines (Charanyca trigrammica)
(Puddletown Dorset 02/06/2023)

73.113 BF2306 Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa)
(West Sutton Surrey 18/06/2014)



73.131 BF2353 Flounced Rustic (Luperina testacea)

(Puddletown Dorset 13/08/2021)

73.162 BF2321 Dark Arches (Apemea monoglypha)

(West Sutton Surrey 18/06/2014)

73.178 BF2226 Beautiful Gothic (Leucochlaena oditis)

(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 28/10/2022)

73.186 BF2267 Beaded Chestnut (Agrochola lychnidis)
(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 09/10/2023)

73.229 BF2251 Flame Brocade (Trigonophora flammea)
(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 28/10/2022)

73.233 BF2232 Black Rustic (Aprophyla nigra)
(Portland Dorset 19/10/2021)

Hadeninae

73.267 BF2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea)
(West Sutton Surrey 05/06/2014)


73.359 BF2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)
(West Sutton Surrey 22/06/2014)

73.357 BF2134 Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa)

(Puddletown Dorset 11/08/2021)

73.255 BF2145 The Nutmeg (Anarta trifolii)

(Puddletown Dorset 13/08/2021)

Noctuinae

73.317 BF2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)
(West Sutton Surrey 06/06/2014)

73.319 BF2087 Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum)
(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 09/10/2023)

73.325 BF2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis Puta)
(West Sutton Surrey 24/06/2014)

73.328 BF2098 The Flame (Axylia putris)
(West Sutton Surrey 06/06/2014)


73.329 BF2102 Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)
(Portland Dorset 19/10/2021)

73.33 BF2102a Radford's Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura leucogaster)
(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 29/10/2022)

73.342 BF2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)
(West Sutton Surrey 07/06/2014)

73.348 BF2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe)
(Puddletown Dorset 11/08/2021)

NOLIDAE

Chloephorinae

74.012 BF2420 Egyptian Bollworm (Earias insulana)
(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 28/10/2022)














2 comments:

  1. Hi again, the Spruce Carpet is actually Cypress Carpet and the Clouded Drab is also Bright-line Brown-eye like the one beneath it. Cheers

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