List of moths of Great Britain (Noctuidae)

The family Noctuidae is the largest family of macro-moths in Great Britain, where over 400 species occur:

Large yellow underwing showing hindwings that give it its name

Subfamily Noctuinae

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 puta puta — south & central
Agrotis puta insula — Isles of Scilly

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

Naenia typica, Gothic — throughout (localized)
Eurois occulta, great brocade — immigrant (Nationally Scarce B)
Anaplectoides prasina, green arches — throughout
Cerastis rubricosa, red chestnut — throughout
Cerastis leucographa, white-marked — south & central (localized)
Mesogona acetosellae, pale stigma — rare immigrant

Subfamily Hadeninae

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]

Subfamily Cuculliinae

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

Subfamily Acronictinae

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)

Acronicta auricoma, scarce dagger — rare immigrant (formerly resident)
Acronicta euphorbiae myricae, sweet gale moth — north (Nationally Scarce A)
Acronicta rumicis, knot grass — throughout ‡*
Simyra albovenosa, reed dagger — south-east (Nationally Scarce B)
Craniophora ligustri, coronet — throughout (localized)

Subfamily Bryophilinae

Marbled beauty

Cryphia algae, tree-lichen beauty — immigrant
Cryphia domestica, marbled beauty — throughout
Cryphia raptricula, marbled grey — immigrant
Cryphia muralis, marbled green — south (localized)

Subfamily Amphipyrinae

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)

Chortodes extrema, concolorous — south-east & east-central (Red Data Book) ‡
Chortodes elymi, lyme grass — east (Nationally Scarce B)
Chortodes fluxa, mere wainscot — east-central & south (Nationally Scarce B)
Chortodes pygmina, small wainscot — throughout
Chortodes brevilinea, Fenn's wainscot — east (Red Data Book) ‡
Eremobia ochroleuca, dusky sallow — south & east-central
Luperina testacea, flounced rustic — throughout
Luperina nickerlii, sandhill rustic ‡

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)

Subfamily Stiriinae

Small yellow underwing

Synthymia fixa, goldwing — rare immigrant
Panemeria tenebrata, small yellow underwing — south & central (localized)

Subfamily Heliothinae

Bordered sallow

Periphanes delphinii, pease blossom — possible immigrant & import
Pyrrhia umbra, bordered sallow — south, central & north-east (localized)
Helicoverpa armigera, scarce bordered straw — immigrant
Heliothis viriplaca, marbled clover — probable immigrant to south & east-central (Red Data Book)
Heliothis maritima, shoulder-striped clover ‡

Heliothis maritima warneckei — south (Red Data Book)
Heliothis maritima bulgarica — rare immigrant

Heliothis peltigera, bordered straw — immigrant
Heliothis nubigera, eastern bordered straw — rare immigrant
Schinia scutosa, spotted clover — immigrant

Subfamily Eustrotiinae

Marbled white spot

Eublemma ostrina, purple marbled — immigrant
Eublemma parva, small marbled — immigrant
Eublemma minutata, scarce marbled — probable rare immigrant
Protodeltote pygarga, marbled white spot — south & central
Deltote deceptoria, pretty marbled — immigrant & transitory resident
Deltote uncula, silver hook — south, central & north-west (localized)
Deltote bankiana, silver barred — probable immigrant to south-east (Red Data Book)

Subfamily Acontiinae

Emmelia trabealis, spotted sulphur — presumed extinct
Acontia lucida, pale shoulder — immigrant
[Acontia aprica, nun — probable import]
[Acontia nitidula, Brixton beauty — one dubious record]

Subfamily Eariadinae

Earias clorana, cream-bordered green pea — south & east-central (Nationally Scarce B)
Earias biplaga, spiny bollworm — rare immigrant or import
Earias insulana, Egyptian bollworm — probable rare immigrant & import
[Earias vittella — imported by air on food produce]

Subfamily Chloephorinae

Scarce silver-lines

Bena bicolorana, scarce silver-lines — south & central (localized)
Pseudoips prasinana britannica, green silver-lines — throughout
Nycteola revayana, oak nycteoline — throughout (localized)
Nycteola asiatica, eastern nycteoline — probable rare immigrant
Nycteola degenerana, sallow nycteoline — possible rare immigrant (otherwise import)
[Pardasena virgulana, grey square — probable import (one record)]

Nut-tree tussock

Subfamily Pantheinae

Colocasia coryli, nut-tree tussock — throughout
[Charadra deridens, marbled tuffet — probable import]
[Raphia frater, brother — probable import]

Subfamily Plusiinae

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

Subfamily Catocalinae

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

Subfamily Ophiderinae

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

Subfamily Rivulinae

Colobochyla salicalis, lesser belle — rare immigrant (formerly resident)
Laspeyria flexula, beautiful hook-tip — south & west-central (localized)
Rivula sericealis, straw dot — throughout
Parascotia fuliginaria, waved black — probable immigrant
[Orodesma apicina — probable import]

Subfamily Hypeninae

Snout

Hypena crassalis, beautiful snout — south & west-central (localized)
Hypena proboscidalis, snout — throughout
Hypena obsitalis, Bloxworth snout — south-west (Red Data Book)
Hypena obesalis, Paignton snout — rare immigrant
Hypena rostralis, buttoned snout — south (Nationally Scarce B)
[Plathypena scabra, black snout — probable import]

Subfamily Strepsimananiae

Pinion-streaked snout

Schrankia taenialis, white-line snout — south (Nationally Scarce B)
Schrankia intermedialis, autumnal snout — south-east — probable hybrid
Schrankia costaestrigalis, pinion-streaked snout — south, central & north-west (localized)
Hypenodes humidalis, marsh oblique-barred — throughout (Nationally Scarce B)
[Idia aemula, waved tabby — two specimens of unknown origin]
[Idia lubricalis, twin-striped tabby — two specimens of unknown origin]

Subfamily Herminiinae

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 (‡*).

References

^ 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.

[1] Butterfly Conservation, 2007. The UK Biodiversity Action Plan – Moths. Butterfly Conservation, Wareham, UK. 4p.

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