Moths - Life List

This list of moths started out as a garden list from my two homes in Sutton Surrey and now Dorset England. Moths from the Portland Bird Observatory are included and from days where Pete Alfrey has set a trap on Portland and I have met up with him to go through his traps. I have now expanded my range with a trip to Bulgaria and have added new species to this list. I use Observation.org to assist me identify the species I record.

I have now purchased a moth light and started the light pm on 8th May 2024.

I have listed the pictures by family type using the Field 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 

HEPIALIDAE

3.002 BF17 Common Swift (Korscheltellus lupulina)

(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 03/06/2024)

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)

TORTRICIDAE

Tortricinae

49.028 BF986 Syndemis musculana

(Puddletown Dorset 15/05/2024)

49.039 BF998 Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)

(Puddletown Dorset  09/05/2024)

(Puddletown Dorset 10/05/2024)

Olethreutinae

49.161 BF1063 Celypha striana

(Puddletown 18/06/2024)

(Sidlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

49.215 BF1115 Ancylis achatana

(Puddletown 12/07/2024)

49.24 BF1136 Epinotia immundana

(Puddletown Dorset 12/05/2024)

49.343 BF1262 Cydia amplana 

(Sidlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

 

SESSIIDAE

Sessiinae

52.012 BF374 Yellow-legged Clearwing (Synanthedon vespiformis)

(Sidlesham West Sussex 16/08/2024)

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)

(Puddletown Dorset 11/05/2024)

Spilomelinae

63.038 BF1405 Mother of Pearl (Plueroptya ruralis)

(West Sutton Surrey 27/07/2014)

63.048 BF1408 Palpita vitrealis

(Sidlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

63.052 BF1398 Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella)

(Sidlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

Scopariinae

63.064 BF1334 Scoparia ambigualis

(Puddletown Dorset 15/05/2024)

63.069 BF1342 Eudonia angustea

(Puddletown Dorset 12/05/2024)

63.075 BF1336 Eudonia pallida

(Sidlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

Crambinae

63.089 BF 1305 Agriphila tristella 

(Sidlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

DREPANIDAE

Drepaninae

65.005 BF1648 Pebble Hook-tip (Drepania falcataria)

(Puddletown Dorset 02/06/2023)

LASIOCAMPIDAE

Pinarinae

66.01 BF1640 The Drinker (Euthrix potatoria)

(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 14/07/2024)

Malocosomatinae

66.003 BF1634 Lackey (Malocosoma nuestria)

(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 14/07/2024)

SPHINGIDAE

Smerinthinae

69.001 BF1979 Lime Hawk Moth (Mimas tilae)

(West Sutton Surrey 16/06/2014)

69.003 BF1981 Poplar Hawk Moth (Laothoe populi)

(Puddletown Dorset 09/05/2024)

69.004 BF1972 Convolvulus Hawk Moth (Agrius convolvuli)

(Kaman Bryag Bulgaria 15/10/2024)

Sphinginae

69.006 BF1976 Privet Hawk Moth (Sphinx ligustri)

(Puddletown Dorset 03/06/2024)

MACROGLOSSINAE

69.016 BF1991 Elephant Hawkmoth (Deilephila elpenor)

(West Sutton Surrey 18/06/2014)

69.017 BF1993 Small Elephant Hawkmoth (Deilephila porcellus)

(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 06/06/2024)

GEOMETRIDAE

Sterrhinae

70.006 BF1705 Dwarf Cream Wave (Idaeae fuscovenosa)

(Puddletown 23/06/2024)

70.009 BF1709 Satin Wave (Idaea subsericeata)

(Siddlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

70.016 BF1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata)

(Puddletown 16/06/2024)

70.028 BF1691 Rosy Wave (Scopula emutaria)

(Siddlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

70.031 BF1676 Mocha (Cyclophora annularia)

(Puddletown Dorset10/05/2024)

70.016 BF1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata)

(West Sutton Surrey 22/06/2014)

70.017 BF1714 Portland Ribbon wave (Idaea degeneraria)

(Sidlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

70.038 BF1716 The Vestal (Rhodometra sacraria)

(Kamen Bryag Bulgaria 15/10/2024)

LARENTIINAE 

70.049 BF1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)

(West Sutton Surrey 07/10/2013)

(Puddletown Dorset 11/08/2021)

70.061 BF1738 Common Carpet (Eppirhoe alternata)

                                                               (Puddletown Dorset 15/05/2024)

70.07 BF1745 Mallow (Larentia clavaria)

(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 28/10/2022)

70.097 BF1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Dysstroma truncata)

(West Sutton Surrey 07/10/2013)

                                                         (Puddletown Dorset 12/05/2024)

70.083 BF1771a Cypress Carpet (Thera cupressata)

(West Sutton Surrey 07/10/2013)

70.084 BF1766 Blue-bordered Carpet (Plemyria rubinginata)

(Bardolf Manor House Puddletown Dorset 02/07/2024)

70.087 BF1752 Purple Bar (Cosmorhoe ocellata)

(Puddletown Dorset 17/05/2024)

70.100 BF1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria)

(Puddletown Dorset 09/05/2024)

70.126 BF1781 Small Waved Umber (Horisme vitalbata)

(Puddletown Dorset 15/05/2024)

70.183 BF1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata)

(Puddletown Dorset 12/05/2024)

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)

70.222 BF1907 Bordered Beauty (Epione repandaria)

(Sidlesham West Sussex 18/08/2024)

70.226 BF1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)

(West Sutton Surrey 05/06/2014)

(Puddletown Dorset 12/05/2024)

70.234 BF1913 Canary Shouldered Thorn (Ennomos alniaria)

(Puddletown Dorset 12/08/2024)

(Sidlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

70.241 BF1921 Scalloped Oak (Crocallis elinguaria)

(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 14/07/2024)

70.252 BF1931 Peppered Moth (Biston betularia)

(West Sutton Surrey18/06/2014)

70.237 BF1917 Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria)

(Puddletown Dorset 13/08/2021)

70.243 BF1922 Swallow Tailed Moth (Ourapteryx samburicaria)

(Puddletown 26/06/2024)

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)

(Puddletown Dorset 12/05/2024)

70.268 BF1944 Pale Oak Beauty (Hypomecis punctinalis)

(Puddletown Dorset 12/05/2024)

70.273 BF1961 Light Emerald (Campaea margaritaria)

(Puddletown Dorset 01/06/2024)

70.27 BF1947 Engrailed (Ectopis crepuscularia)

(Puddletown Dorset 11/08/2021)

70.278 BF1956 Common Wave (Cabera exanthemata)

(Sidlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

70.288 BF1945 Brussels Lace (Cleorodes lichenaria)

(Puddletown 26/06/2024)

70.305 BF1669 Common Emerald (Hemithea aestivaria)

(Puddletown 26/06/2024)

NOTODONTIDAE

Notodontinae

71.021 BF2000 Iron Prominent (Notodonta dromedarius)

(Sidlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

71.013 BF2003 Pebble Prominent (Notodonta ziczac)

(Puddletown Dorset 12/05/2024)

(Sidlesham West Sussex 16/08/2024)

71.017 BF2007 Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula)

(Sidlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

EREBIDAE

Rivulnea

72.002 BF2474 Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis)

(Sidlesham West Sussex 18/08/2024)

Hypeninae

72.003 BF2477 The Snout (Hypena proboscidalis)

(Puddletown Dorset 04/06/2024)

Lymantriinae

72.011 BF2034 Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar)

(West Sutton Surrey 27/07/2014)

72.01 BF2033 Black Arches (Lymantria monacha)

(Sidlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

72.012 BF2029 Brown Tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea)

(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 14/07/2024)

Arctiinae

72.019 BF2061 Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum)

(Puddletown Dorset 17/05/2024)

(West Sutton Surrey 22/06/2014)

72.02 BF2060 White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda)

(West Sutton Surrey 07/06/2014)

(Puddletown Dorset 09/05/2024)

72.022 BF2063 Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica)

(Puddletown Dorset 09/04/2024)

72.027 BF2058 Cream Spot Tiger (Arctia villica)

(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 03/06/2024)

72.029 BF2068 Scarlet Tiger (Callimorpha dominula)

(Puddletown 20/06/2024)

72.03 BF2067 Jersey Tiger (Euplagia quadripunctaria)

(West Sutton Surrey 27/07/2014)

72.031 BF2069 Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae)

(Puddletown 23/06/2024)

72.034 BF2054 Crimson Speckled (Utetheisa pulchella)

(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 29/10/2022)

72.035 BF2037 Rosy Footman (Miltochrista miniata)

(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 14/07/2024)

72.044 BF2044 Dingy Footman (Eilema griseola)

(Puddletown Dorset 13/08/2021)

72.045 BF2050 Common Footman (Eilema uurideola)

(Puddletown Dorset 12/07/2024)

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

73.001 BF2450 The Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita)

(Sidlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

73.012 BF2434 Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis)

(Puddletown 16/06/2024)

(Sidlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

73.015 BF2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma)

(West Sutton Surrey 07/06/2014)

(Puddletown Dorset 13/08/2021)

(Kamen Bryag Bulgaria 15/10/2024)

(Siddlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

Acronictinae

73.037 BF2283 Acronicta tridens psi Dark Arches?

(Siddlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

73.046 BF2278 Poplar Grey (Subacronicta megacephala)

(Bardolf Manor House Puddletown Dorset 02/07/2024)

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)

Heliothinae

73.074 BF2403 Bordered Straw (Heliothis peltigera)

(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 03/06/2024)

73.076 BF2400 Cotton Bollworm / Scarce Bordered Straw (Helicoverpa armigera)

(Sidlesham West Sussex 18/08/2024)

Bryophilinae

73.082 BF2292 Tree-lichen Beauty (Cryphia algae)

(Sidlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

73.085 BF2295 Marbled Green (Bryopsis muralis)

(Puddletown 26/06/2024)

Xyleninae

73.096 BF2381 The Uncertain (Hoplodrina octogenaria)

(Puddletown 26/06/2024)

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)

73.12 BF2352 Dusky Sallow (Eremobia ochroleuca)

(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 14/07/2024)

73.123 BF2361 Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea)

(Sidlesham West Sussex 16/08/2024)

73.131 BF2353 Flounced Rustic (Luperina testacea)

(Puddletown Dorset 13/08/2021)

73.159 BF2331 Small Clouded Brindle (Apamea unanimis)

(Puddletown Dorset 01/06/2024)

73.162 BF2321 Dark Arches (Apemea monoglypha)

(West Sutton Surrey 18/06/2014)

(Puddletown 12/07/2024)

73.173 BF2337 Marbled Minor (Oligia strigilis)

(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 03/06/2024)

(Puddletown Dorset 18/06/2024)

73.174 BF2339 Tawny Marbled Minor (Oligia latruncula)

(Puddletown Dorset 17/05/2024)

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)

73.223 BF2246a Oak Rustic (Dryobota labecula)

(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 29/10/2022)

73.229 BF2251 Flame Brocade (Trigonophora flammea)

(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 28/10/2022)

73.23 BF2230 Feathered Brindle (Aporophyla australis)

(Kamen Bryag Bulgaria 15/10/2024)

73.232 BF2231a Northern Deep Brown Dart (Aprophyla lueneburgensis)

(Kamen Bryag Bulgaria 15/10/2024)

73.233 BF2232 Black Rustic (Aprophyla nigra)

(Portland Dorset 19/10/2021)

73.235 BF2255 Feathered Ranunculus (Polymixis lichenea)

(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 29/10/2022)

Hadeninae

73.249 BF2190 Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)

(West Sutton Surrey 22/06/2014)

(Puddletown Dorset 12/05/2024)

73.267 BF2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea)

(West Sutton Surrey 05/06/2014)

(Puddletown Dorset 01/06/2024)

73.274 BF2154 Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae)

(Sidlesham West Sussex 16/08/2024)

73.289 BF2196 Striped Wainscot (Mythimna pudorina)

(Kamen Bryag Bulgaria 15/10/2024)

73.291 BF2199 Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens)

(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 06/06/2024)

73.294 BF2197 Southern Wainscot (Mythimna straminea)

(Sidlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

73.295 BF2195 The Delicate (Mythimna vitellina)

(Kamen Bryag Bulgaria 15/10/2024)

73.296 BF2203 White Speck (Mythimna unipuncta)

(Kamen Bryag Bulgaria 15/10/2024)

73.297 BF2194 White Point (Mythimna albipuncta)

(Sidlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

73.303 BF2206 Devonshire Wainscot (Leucania putrescens)

(Kamen Bryag Bulgaria 15/10/2024)

73.317 BF2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)

(Puddletown Dorset 04/06/2024)

73.32 BF2088 Heart and Club (Agrotis clavis)

(Puddletown 16/06/2024)

73.325 BF2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta)

(Puddletown Dorset 04/06/2024)

73.328 BF2098 The Flame (Axylia putris)

(Puddletown Dorset 04/06/2024)

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)

(Puddletown Dorset 12/05/2024)

73.33 BF2102a Radford's Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura leucogaster)

(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 29/10/2022)

73.333 BF2120 Ingrailed Clay (Diarsia mendica)

(Puddletown Dorset 03/06/2024)

73.334 BF2123 Small Square Spot (Diarsia rubi)

(Siddlesham West Sussex 16/08/2024)

73.342 BF2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)

(West Sutton Surrey 07/06/2014)

                                                               (Puddletown Dorset 01/06/2024)

73.345 BF2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes)

(Kamen Bryag Bulgaria 15/10/2024)

73.348 BF2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe)

(Puddletown Dorset 11/08/2021)

73.359 BF2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)

(Siddlesham West Sussex 17/08/2024)

NOLIDAE

Chloephorinae

74.012 BF2420 Egyptian Bollworm (Earias insulana)

(Portland Bird Observatory Dorset 28/10/2022)