Cuskinny Marsh Nature Reserve List Click on the name link for photos and information. Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa Flying April - early November Leaf Miner Lozotaenia forsterana No data August Thorn quercinaria Flying late July – mid-October Barred Fruit Tortrix cerasana No data Barred Red Hylaea fasciaria Flying June - late August Barred Straw Gandaritis pyraliata Flying late June – mid-August Bee Moth Aphomia sociella No data Bilberry Tortrix Aphelia viburnana No data Blotched Marble Endothenia quadrimaculana No data Bordered Beauty Epione repandaria Flying mid-July - late September Bramble Shoot Moth Epiblema uddmanniana No data Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea Flying mid-May – mid-August Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata Flying May - October Brindled Flat-body Agonopterix arenella No data Brindled Pug abbreviate Flying March – mid-June Broken-barred Carpet Electrophaes corylata Flying May – mid-July Brown Silver-line Petrophora chlorosata Flying mid-April - June Brussel's Lace Cleorodes lichenaria Flying June - August Buff Ermine luteum Flying end of May - end of July Buff Arches Habrosyne pyritoides Flying June and July Bulrush Wainscot Nonagria typhae Flying mid-July – mid-October Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis Flying June - August Canary-shouldered Thorn Flying August - October Clay Triple-lines Cyclophora linearia Flying May – mid-September Clouded Border marginata Flying May - August Clouded Brindle epomidion Flying June and July Clouded Drab Orthosia incerta Flying March - May Clouded Silver temerata Flying May – mid-July Clouded Bordered Brindle Flying May - July Common Bell Epinotia immundana No data Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternate Flying May – mid-September Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella No data Common Marble Celypha lacunana No data Common Marbled Carpet Chloroclysta truncate Flying May – mid-November Common Plume Moth Emmelina monodactyla No data Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata Flying late April - early August Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi Flying late February - May Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis (unconfirmed) Flying July - August Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens Flying June - October exanthemata Flying May - August Cabera pusaria Flying May - August Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidea Flying August - October Cyclamen Tortrix Clepsis spectrana No data Cypress Pug Eupithecia phoeniciata One record end of August Dark Arches Flying June – mid-October Dark Fruit Tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana No data Dark Spectacle Abrostola triplasia Flying June - August Dark Strawberry Tortrix Argyroploce lacunana No data Dark Sword Grass Agrotis ipsilon Flying March - October Dark-barred Tortrix musculana No data Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe ferrugata Flying late April - September. Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Flying March - September Dusky Brocade Flying June and July Dusky Pearl Udea prunalis No data Dwarf Pug Eupithecia tantillaria Flying May and June Early Thorn Selenia dentaria Flying March - August Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor Flying May - July Engrailed/Small Engrailed Ectropis bistortata/crepuscular Flying April - June Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designate Flying mid-April - September Flame Shoulder plecta Flying mid-May – mid-September Flax Tortrix Cnephasia asseclana No data Flounced Rustic Luperina testacea Flying mid-July - September Foxglove Pug Eupithecia pulchellata Flying May - July Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata Flying May - October Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella No data Garden Tiger Arctia caja Flying end of July - August Ghost Moth Hepialis humuli Flying June - August Grass Emerald Pseudoterpna pruinata Flying July and August Green Arches Anaplectoides prasina Flying June and July Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria Flying mid-May – mid-October Grey Dagger Triaena psi Flying mid-May – mid-August Grey Gorse Piercer Cydia ulicetana No data Grey Pine Carpet Thera obeliscata Flying May – mid-October Grey Pug Eupithecia subfuscata Flying May - August Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis Flying May - August Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica Flying March - May Hoary Bell Eucosma cana No data Holly Tortrix Moth Rhopobota naevana No data Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedaries Flying May - August July Highflyer Hydriomena furcate Flying mid-June - September Large Longhorn Nematopogon swammerdamella No data Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Flying June – mid-September Least Black Arches Nola confusalis Flying April - June Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe Flying July - September Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea didyma Flying July – mid-September Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes Flying mid-July – mid-October Light Arches Flying June - August Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana No data Lunar Marbled Brown Drymonia ruficornis Flying April – mid-June Marbled White Spot Protodeltote pygarga Flying mid-May - early August May Highflyer Hydriomena impluviata Flying May - June Middle-barred Minor fasciuncula Flying June - early August Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis No data Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata Flying June - August Muslin Moth Diaphora mendica Flying April - June Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea No data Narrow-winged Pug Eupithecia nanata Flying mid-April - early September No Common Name Acleris laterana No data No Common Name Aethes cnicana No data No Common Name Agapeta hamana No data No Common Name Agonopterix species No data No Common Name Bactra sp. No data No Common Name Blastobasis adustella No data No Common Name Caloptilia stigmatella No data No Common Name Carcina quercana No data No Common Name Cnephasia spp. No data No Common Name Coleophora glaucicolella No data No Common Name Coleophora spinella No data No Common Name Elachista albifrontella No data No Common Name Epinotia nisella No data No Common Name Helcys-gramma rufescens No data No Common Name Lyonetia clerkella No data No Common Name Phyllonorycter messaniella No data No Common Name Phyllonorycter nigrescentella No data No Common Name Stigmella hybnerella No data Notched-winged Tortricix Acleris emargana No data Nut-tree Tussock Colocasia coryli Flying mid-April - June Oblique Carpet Orthonama vittata Flying late May - September Olive Pearl Udea olivalis No data Pale Prominent Pterostoma palpina Flying May - August Pale Straw Pearl Udea lutealis No data Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda Flying May and June Pale-backed Clothes Moth Monopis crocicapitella No data Pale-shouldered Brocade Lacanobia thalassina Flying May - July Peach Blossom Thyatira batis Flying mid-May – mid-August Pebble Prominent Notodonta ziczac Flying mid-April - August Peppered Moth Biston betularia Flying May - July Plain Gold Micropterix calthella No data Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi Flying May – mid-August Purple Clay Diarsia brunnea Flying June - August Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata Flying April - November Riband Wave Idaea aversata Flying June - August Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea Flying August - October Rush Marble Bactra lancealana No data Scalloped Odontopera bidentata Flying May and June Scalloped Crocallis elinguaria Flying July and August Scorched Wing Plagodis dolabraria Flying May and June Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia cnigrum Flying mid-May - October Shaded Broad-bar Sco-pteryx chenopodiata Flying mid-July – mid-September Sharp-angled Carpet Euphyia unangulata Flying June - August Shoulder-striped Wainscot Leucania comma Flying late May - early July Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata Flying mid-May - July Silver-Y Autographa gamma Flying May - November Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiate Flying mid-June - early September Six-spot Burnet Zygaena filipendulae stephensi Flying June – mid-September Six-striped Rustic Xestia sexstrigata Flying mid-July - early September Small Fan-foot Herminia grisealis Flying June – mid-August Small Fan-foot Wave Idaea biselata Flying July – mid-September Small Grey Eudonia mercurella No data Small Phoenix Eclip-pera silaceata Flying mid-April – mid-September Small Square-spot Diarsia rubi Flying May – mid-October Small Wainscot Denticucullus pygmina Flying mid-July – mid-October Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura Flying mid-June – mid-September Carpet Thera britannica Flying April - November Square Spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa Flying July - October Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Flying mid-June - early September Sulphur Knapweed Moth Agapeta zoegana No data Swallow-tailed Moth Ourapteryx sambucaria Flying mid-June – mid-August Swan-feather Dwarf Elachista argentella No data Tawny Marbled Minor Flying June – mid-August Crescent Helotropha leucostigma Flying July - September Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Flying July – mid-September Flame Axylia putris Flying June – mid-August Herald Scoliopteryx libatrix Flying April - August Magpie Moth Abraxas grossulariata Flying mid-June – mid-September Rustic Hoplodrina blanda Flying mid-June - August Snout Hypena proboscidalis Flying mid-June - August Spectacle Abrostola tripartita Flying May - August Uncertain Hoplodrina octogenaria Flying June – mid-August Timothy Tortrix Aphelia paleana No data Treble-bar Aplocera plagiata Flying May - September Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica Flying May and June V-Pug Chloroclystis vata Flying April - August Water Carpet Lampropteryx suffumata Flying mid-March – mid-June White Ermine lubricipeda Flying May - July White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella No data White-spotted Pug Eupithecia tripunctaria Flying mid-April - August Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria Flying June – mid-September Wormwood Pug Eupithecia absinthiata Flying June - August Yellow-barred Brindle Acasis viretata Flying April - September

Note: This list was compiled in June 2020 and based on records Ken Bond, Sean Ronayne and Jim Wilson. So far trapping has been carried out at Cuskinny between 20th April and the 27th September. Main flying periods for each species were taken from the Ireland website http://www.mothsireland.com/ where you can get more information and photos of the moths in this list. Check out Irish Moths for lots of great photos and information on Moths and Butterflies of Ireland.