THE MOTHS OF BREDFIELD

Over 320 species of moth have been identified and recorded in Bredfield. There will still be many more species present, so please report any additional species. Most of these moths came to light traps (and were released), though some were seen flying or roosting during the day. The systematic list below orders these moths by family. Familes Adelidae to Crambidae are micro-moths; the remainder are macro-moths.

SYSTEMATIC LIST

ADELIDAE Buff Long-horm Nematopogan metaxella Green Longhorn Adela reaumurella Small Barred Long-horn Adela croeseella Large Long-horn Nematopogon swammerdamella

TINEIDAE Skin Moth Monopis laevigella

YPONOMEUTIDAE Apple/Spindle Ermine Yponomeuta maqlinellus/cagnagella agg

PLUTELLIDAE Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella

OECOPHORIDAE White -shouldered House Moth Endrosis sarcitrella Brown House Moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella Sulphur Tubic Esperia sulphurella

DEPRESSARIIDAE Dawn Flat Body Semioscopis steinkellneriana Bridled Flat-body Agonopterix arenella Common Flat-body Agonopterix heracliana Brown-spot Flat-body Agonopterix alstromeriana

GELECHIIDAE Beet Moth Scobipalpa ocellatella

COLEOPHORIDAE Clover Case-bearer Coleophora alcyonipennella Black-stigma Case-bearer Coleophora hemerobriella

BLASTOBASIDAE Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella

ALUCITINAE Twenty-plume moth Alucita hexadactyla

PTEROPHORIDEA White Plume Pterophorus pentadactyla Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla

CHOREUTIDAE Common Nettle-tap Anthophila fabriciana

TORTRICIDAE Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana Variegated Golden Tortrix Archips xylosteana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis cerasana Privet Tortrix Clepsis consimilata Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Orange Pine Tortix Lozotaeniodes formosana Bluebell Shade Eana incanana Green Oak Tortrix Tortrix viridana Yellow Oak Button Aleimma loeflingiana Maple Button Acleris forsskaleana Yellow-spot Tortrix Pseudargyrotoza conwagana Common Yellow Conch Agapeta hamana Knapweed Conch Agapeta zoegana Orange Conch Commophila aeneana White-bellied Conch Cochylis hybridella Black-headed Conch Cochylis atricapitana Marbled Orchid Tortrix Hedya rubiferana Plum Tortrix Hedya pruniana Barred Marble Celypha striana Common Marble Celypha lacunana Smoky-barred Marble Lobesia abscisana Blotched Marble Endothenia quadrimaculana Willow Tortrix Epinota cruciana Hoary Bell Eucosma Cena Thistle Bell Epiblema scutulana Yellow-faced Bell Notocelia cynosbatella Triple-bloched Bell Notocella trimaculana Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Black-bordered Piercer Pammene argyrana Regal Piercer Pammene regiana

PYRALIDEA Bee Moth Aphomia sociella Dotted Oak Knot-horn Phycita roborella Grey Knot-horn Acrobasis advenella Ash-bark Knot-horn Euzophera pinguis Ermine Knot-horn Phycitodes binaevella Long-legged Tabby Synaphe punctalis Meal Moth Pyralis farinalis Gold Tiangle Hypsopygia costalis Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis

CRAMBIDAE Mint Moth Pyraustra aurata Small Magpie Anania hortulata European Corn Borer Ostrinia nubilalis Rusty-dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis Dusky Pearl Udea prunalis Olive Pearl Udea olivalis Mother of Pearl Patania ruralis Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis Dark-bordered Pearl Evergestis limbata Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis Little Grey Eudonia lacustrata Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella Inlaid Grass Veneer Crambus pascuella Hook-streak Grass Veneer Crambus lathoniellus Satin Grass Veneer Crambus perlella Common Grass Veneer Agriphila tristella Straw Grass Veneer Agriphila straminella Elbow-stripe Grass Veneer Agriphila geniculea Brown China Mark Elophila nymphaeata Small China-mark Cataclysta lemnata Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata

HEPIALDAE Orange Swift Hepialus sylvina Common Swift Korscheltellus lupulina

LIMACODIDAE Festoon Apoda limacodes

ZYGAENIDAE Six-spot Burnet Zygaena filipendulae

DREPANIDAE Oak Hook-tip Watsonalla binaria Chinese Character Cilix glaucata

LASIOCAMPIDAE December Moth Poecilocampa populi Oak Eggar Lasiocampa quercus Drinker Euthrix potatoria SPHINGIDAE Eyed Hawk-moth Smerinthus ocellatus Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi Privet Hawk-moth Sphinx ligustri Pine Hawk-moth Sphinx pinastri Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor Small Elephant Hawkmoth Smerinthus ocellatus

GEOMETRIDAE Least Carpet Idaea rusticata Dwarf Cream Wave Idaea fuscovenosa Small Dusty Wave Idaea seriata Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Treble Brown Spot Idaea trigeminata Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata Small Scallop Idaea emarginata Riband Wave Idaea aversata Small Blood-vein Scopula imitaria Blood-vein Timandra comae Shaded Broad-bar Scotopteryx chenopodiata Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata Ruddy Carpet Catarhoe rubidata Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata Shoulder Stripe Anticlea badiata Streamer Anticlea derivata Mallow Larentia clavaria July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata Spruce Carpet Thera britannica Cypress Carpet Thera cupressata Barred Yellow Cidaria fulvata Purple Bar Cosmorhoe ocellata Barred Staw Gandaritis pyraliata Red-Green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata Common Marbled Carpet Chloroclysta truncata Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria Winter Moth Operophtera brumata November Moth Epirrita dilutata agg Small Waved Umber Horisme vitalbata Pretty Chalk Carpet Melanthia procellata Sandy Carpet Perizoma flavofasciata Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata V Pug Chloroclystis v-ata Green Pug Pasiphia rectangulata Brindled Pug Eupithecia abbreviata Cypress Pug Eupithecia phoeniceata Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata Freyer's Pug Eupithecia intricata arceuthata Wormwood Pug Eupithecia absinthiata Currant Pug Eupithecia assimilata Tawny-speckled Pug Eupithecia icterata Bordered Pug Eupithecia succenturiata Treble-bar Aplocera plagiata Seraphim Lobophora halterata Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata Sharp-angled Peacock Macaria alternata Latticed Heath Chiasmia clathrata Scorched Carpet Ligdia adustata Scorched Wing Plagodis dolabraria Brimstone Opisthograptis luteolata Orange Moth Angerona prunaria August Thorn Ennomos quercinaria Canary-shouldered Thorn Ennomos alniaria Dusky Thorn Ennomos fuscantaria Early Thorn Selenia dentaria Scalloped Hazel Epiblema scutulana Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Swallow-tailed Moth Ourapteryx sambucaria Feathered Thorn Colotois pennaria March Moth Alsophila aescularia Brindled Beauty Lycia hirtaria Peppered Moth Biston betularia Spring Usher Agriopis leucophaearia Scarce Umber Agriopis aurantiaria Dotted Border Agriopis marginaria Mottled Umber Erannis defoliaria Waved Umber Menophra abruptaria Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata Engrailed Ectropis crepuscularia Common White Wave Cabera Pusaria Common Wave Cabera exanthemata Clouded Silver Lomographa temperata Early Moth Theria primaria Light Emerald Campaea margaritata Blotched Emerald Comibaena bajularia Small Emerald Hemistola chrysoprasaria Common Emerald Hemithea aestivaria

NOTODONTIDAE Puss Moth Cerura vinula Sallow Kitten Furcula furcula Marbled Brown Drymonia dodonaea Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius Pebble Prominent Notodonta ziczac Great Prominent Peridea anceps Swallow Prominent Pheosia tremula Pale Prominent Pterostoma palpina Coxcomb Prominent Ptilodon capucina Buff-tip Phalera bucephala Chocolate-tip Clostera curtula EREBIDAE Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Snout Hypena proboscidalis Buttoned Snout Hypena rostralis White Satin Moth Leucoma salicis Black Arches Lymantria monacha Brown-tail Euproctis chrysorrhoea Yellow-tail Euproctis similis Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda Vapourer Orgyia antiqua Buff Ermine Spilosoma lutea White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda Muslin Moth Diaphora mendica Clouded Buff Diacrisia sannio Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae Rosy Footman Miltochrista miniata Muslin Footman Nudaria mundana Buff Footman Eilema depressa Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Common Footman Eilema lurideola Scarce Footman Eilema complana Orange Footman Eilema sororcula Fan-foot Herminia tarsipennalis Beautiful Hook-tip Laspeyria flexula Beautiful Marbled Eublemma purpurina Red Underwing Catocala nupta

NOCTUIDAE Spectacle Abrostola tripartita Silver Y Autographa gamma Nut-tree Tussock Colocasia coryli Grey Dagger Acronicta psi agg Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis Poplar Grey Acronicta megacephala Coronet Craniophora ligustri Mullein Cucullia verbasci Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidea agg Mouse Moth Amphipyra tragopoginis Sprawler Asteroscopus sphinx Green-brindled Crescent Allophyes oxyacanthae Early Grey Xylocampa areola Tree-lichen Beauty Cryphia algae Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus Pale Mottled Willow Paradrina clavipalpis Uncertain Hoplodrina octogenaria agg Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica Brown Rustic Rusina ferruginea Old Lady Mormo maura Straw Underwing Thalpophila matura Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa Dusky Sallow Eremobia ochroleuca Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea Flounced Rustic Luperina testacea Large Wainscot Rhizedra lutosa Dusky Brocade Apamea remissa Large Nutmeg Apamea anceps Rustic Shoulder Knot Apamea sordens Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Double Lobed Apamea ophiogramma Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis agg Cloaked Minor Mesoligia furuncula Marbled Minor Oligia strigilis agg Tawny Marbled Minor Oligia latruncula Rufous Minor Oligia versicolor Middle-barred Minor Oligia fasciuncula Barred Sallow Xanthia aurago Beaded Chestnut Agrochola lychnidis Brown-spot Pinion Agrochola litura Red-line Quaker Agrochola lota Yellow-line Quaker Agrochola macilenta Brick Agrochola circellaris Lunar Underwing Omphaloscelis lunosa Chestnut Conistra vaccinii Dark Chestnut Conistra ligula Dotted Chestnut Conistra rubiginea Pale Pinion Lithophane socia Grey Shoulder-knot Lithophane ornitopus Satellite Eupsilia transversa Lesser-spotted Pinion Cosmia affinis Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Centre-barred Sallow Atethmia centrago Dingy Shears Apterogenum ypsillon Merveille du Jour Dichonia aprilina Brindled Green Dryobotodes eremita Deep-brown Dart Aporophyla lutulenta Black Rustic Aporophyla nigra Feathered Ranunculus Polymixis lichenea Pine Beauty Panolis flammea Clouded Drab Orthosia incerta Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi Small Quaker Orthosia cruda Powdered Quaker Orthosia gracilis Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica Twin-spotted Quaker Perigrapha munda Feathered Gothic Tholera decimalis Light Brocade Lacanobia w-latinum Bright-line Brown-Eye Lacanobia oleracea Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae White Colon Sideridis turbida Broad-barred White Hecatera bicolorata Lychnis Hadena bicruris Brown-line Bright-eye Mythimna conigera Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura White-point Mythimna albipuncta Clay Mythimna ferrago White-line Dart Euxoa tritici Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum Heart and Club Agrotis clavis Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta Dark Sword Grass Agrotis ipsilon Flame Axylia putris Flame Shoulder Ochropleura piecta Small Square-spot Diarsia rubi Red Chestnut Cerastis rubricosa Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua fimbriata Lunar Yellow Underwing Noctua orbona Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes Least Yellow Underwing Noctua interjecta Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthina Dotted Clay Xestia baja Square-spotted Clay Xestia rhomboidea Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa Six-striped Rustic Xestia sexstrigata Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum Autumnal Rustic Eugnorisma glareosa

NOLIDAE Short-cloaked Moth Nola cucullatella