List of moths of Great Britain (Noctuidae)

Last updated August 25, 2023

Large yellow underwing showing hindwings that give it its name Noctua.pronuba.7591.jpg — Large yellow underwing showing hindwings that give it its name

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

Subfamily Noctuinae

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

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

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

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

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

Subfamily Amphipyrinae

Marbled minor Oligia.strigilis.7217.jpg — Marbled minor

Vine's rustic Hoplodrina.ambigua.7584.jpg — Vine's rustic

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 Panemeria.tenebrata.jpg — Small yellow underwing

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

Subfamily Heliothinae

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

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

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)]

Subfamily Pantheinae

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

Subfamily Plusiinae

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)

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.nupta-Moth3-30.07.06.jpg — 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

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)

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.proboscidalis.7469.jpg — 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

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 Zanclognatha.tarsipennalis.7219.jpg — 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.

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

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