Checklist of VC39 Staffordshire Macro Lepidoptera The aim of this list is to help you with your submission of records. The Status codes show how rare a species is. Codes 3 and 4 WILL require some evidence of identification. Some Code 2 species may also require some checking too. The Change column shows you which species are declining and which are increasing. These changes may cause a species to move up or down a code level in the future. Those of you who submit records via MapMate please note that only those species coloured in green require trinomial names. Code 1 Common; ID not a problem Code 2 Not as common as Code 1 but may need to double-check some species Code 3 Scarce species; careful checking needed and proof of ID desirable Code 4 1 to 5 records OR not seen since 1990 OR not on this list: proof of ID always required g genitalia need checking mapmate users to use trinomial name X take care with ID Ð Number of recorded squares has dropped in last 20 years Ï Number of recorded squares has increased in last 20 years Code Taxon Vernacular Status Change 14 Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 1 15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 1 16 Hepialus hecta Gold Swift 2 Ð 17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 1 18 Hepialus fusconebulosa Map-winged Swift 2 Ð 161 Zeuzera pyrina Leopard Moth 2 162 Cossus cossus Goat Moth 4 163 Adscita statices Forester 4 164 Adscita geryon Cistus Forester 4 169 Zygaena filipendulae Six-spot Burnet 2 Ð 170 Zygaena trifolii Five-spot Burnet 4 171 Zygaena lonicerae Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet 2 Ð 370 Sesia apiformis Hornet Moth 4 371 Sesia bembeciformis Lunar Hornet Moth 3 373 Synanthedon tipuliformis Currant Clearwing 3 Ð 374 Synanthedon vespiformis Yellow-legged Clearwing 3 375 Synanthedon spheciformis White-barred Clearwing 3 376 Synanthedon scoliaeformis Welsh Clearwing 3 Ï 377 Synanthedon flaviventris Sallow Clearwing 4 379 Synanthedon myopaeformis Red-belted Clearwing 4 380 Synanthedon formicaeformis Red-tipped Clearwing 3 381 Synanthedon culiciformis Large Red-belted Clearwing 3 382 Bembecia ichneumoniformis Six-belted Clearwing 3 Ï 1631 Poecilocampa populi December Moth 2 Ð 1632 Trichiura crataegi Pale Eggar 2 Ð 1633 Eriogaster lanestris Small Eggar 4 1634 Malacosoma neustria Lackey 4 1635 Malacosoma castrensis Ground Lackey 4 1637 Lasiocampa quercus Oak Eggar 2 1637 Lasiocampa quercus f. callunae Northern Eggar 3 1638 Macrothylacia rubi Fox Moth 2 1640 Euthrix potatoria Drinker 1 1641 Phyllodesma ilicifolia Small Lappet 4 Code Taxon Vernacular Status Change 1642 Gastropacha quercifolia Lappet 4 1643 Saturnia pavonia Emperor Moth 2 1644 Endromis versicolora Kentish Glory 4 1645 Falcaria lacertinaria Scalloped Hook-tip 2 Ð 1646 Watsonalla binaria Oak Hook-tip 1 1647 Watsonalla cultraria Barred Hook-tip 3 1648 Drepana falcataria Pebble Hook-tip 1 1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1 1652 Thyatira batis Peach Blossom 1 1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1 1654 Tethea ocularis octogesimea Figure of Eighty 2 Ð 1657 Ochropacha duplaris Common Lutestring 2X Ð 1658 Cymatophorima diluta hartwiegi Oak Lutestring 3 1659 Achlya flavicornis Yellow Horned 2 Ð 1660 Polyploca ridens Frosted Green 2 Ð 1661 Archiearis parthenias Orange Underwing 2 Ð 1662 Archiearis notha Light Orange Underwing 4 1663 Alsophila aescularia March Moth 1 1665 Pseudoterpna pruinata atropunctaria Grass Emerald 2 Ð 1666 Geometra papilionaria Large Emerald 1 1667 Comibaena bajularia Blotched Emerald 2 Ð 1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 1 1673 Hemistola chrysoprasaria Small Emerald 4 1674 Jodis lactearia Little Emerald 2 Ð 1677 Cyclophora albipunctata Birch Mocha 3 1679 Cyclophora porata False Mocha 4 1680 Cyclophora punctaria Maiden's Blush 2 Ð 1681 Cyclophora linearia Clay Triple-lines 2 Ï 1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1 1689 Scopula marginepunctata Mullein Wave 4 1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 2 1692 Scopula immutata Lesser Cream Wave 3 1693 Scopula floslactata Cream Wave 2X Ð 1694 Scopula ternata Smoky Wave 3 Ð 1701 Idaea sylvestraria Dotted Border Wave 4 1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1 1705 Idaea fuscovenosa Dwarf Cream Wave 3 Ð 1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 2X Ï 1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1 1709 Idaea subsericeata Satin Wave 3 1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 3 Ï 1712 Idaea emarginata Small Scallop 3 Ð 1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1 1715 Idaea straminata Plain Wave 2X 1716 Rhodometra sacraria Vestal 2 1719 Orthonama vittata Oblique Carpet 3 Ð 1720 Orthonama obstipata Gem 3 1722 Xanthorhoe designata Flame Carpet 1 1723 Xanthorhoe decoloraria Red Carpet 3 1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 3 Ð 1725 Xanthorhoe ferrugata Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet 2X 1726 Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata Large Twin-spot Carpet 3 1727 Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground Carpet 1 1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata fluctuata Garden Carpet 1 1731 Scotopteryx bipunctaria cretata Chalk Carpet 3 1732 Scotopteryx chenopodiata Shaded Broad-bar 1 1733 Scotopteryx mucronata Lead Belle 3 1734 Scotopteryx luridata plumbaria July Belle 3 1737 Epirrhoe tristata Small Argent & Sable 4 1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1 1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 3 1740 Epirrhoe galiata Galium Carpet 3 1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1 Code Taxon Vernacular Status Change 1743 Entephria flavicinctata Yellow-ringed Carpet 4 1744 Entephria caesiata Grey Mountain Carpet 2 1745 Larentia clavaria Mallow 4 1746 Anticlea badiata Shoulder Stripe 2 1747 Anticlea derivata Streamer 2 Ï 1748 Mesoleuca albicillata Beautiful Carpet 2 Ð 1749 Pelurga comitata Dark Spinach 2 Ð 1750 Lampropteryx suffumata Water Carpet 2 1752 Cosmorhoe ocellata Purple Bar 2 1753 Nebula salicata latentaria Striped Twin-spot Carpet 4 1754 Eulithis prunata Phoenix 2 1755 Eulithis testata Chevron 2 Ð 1756 Eulithis populata Northern Spinach 2 Ð 1757 Eulithis mellinata Spinach 2X Ð 1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1 1759 Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix 1 1760 Chloroclysta siterata Red-green Carpet 2 Ï 1761 Chloroclysta miata Autumn Green Carpet 3 1762 Chloroclysta citrata Dark Marbled Carpet 2 Ð 1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1 1765 Cidaria fulvata Barred Yellow 1 1766 Plemyria rubiginata rubiginata Blue-bordered Carpet 2 Ð 1767 Thera firmata Pine Carpet 2 1768 Thera obeliscata Grey Pine Carpet 1 1769 Thera britannica Spruce Carpet 1 Ï 1771 Thera juniperata Juniper Carpet 2 Ï 1773 Electrophaes corylata Broken-barred Carpet 2 Ð 1774 Colostygia olivata Beech-green Carpet 4 1775 Colostygia multistrigaria Mottled Grey 2 1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 1 1777 Hydriomena furcata July Highflyer 1 1778 Hydriomena impluviata May Highflyer 2 Ð 1779 Hydriomena ruberata Ruddy Highflyer 3 Ð 1781 Horisme vitalbata Small Waved Umber 4 1784 Melanthia procellata Pretty Chalk Carpet 4 1787 Rheumaptera hastata Argent & Sable 2 Ð 1788 Rheumaptera cervinalis Scarce Tissue 3 1789 Rheumaptera undulata Scallop Shell 2 Ï 1790 Triphosa dubitata Tissue 2 Ð 1791 Philereme vetulata Brown Scallop 4 1792 Philereme transversata britannica Dark Umber 4 1794 Euphyia unangulata Sharp-angled Carpet 4 1795 Epirrita dilutata November Moth 2g 1795x Epirrita dilutata agg. November Moth agg. 1 1796 Epirrita christyi Pale November Moth 3g 1797 Epirrita autumnata Autumnal Moth 2g 1798 Epirrita filigrammaria Small Autumnal Moth 3g 1799 Operophtera brumata Winter Moth 1 1800 Operophtera fagata Northern Winter Moth 2X 1801 Perizoma taeniata Barred Carpet 3 1802 Perizoma affinitata Rivulet 2X 1803 Perizoma alchemillata Small Rivulet 2X 1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 3 1807 Perizoma albulata Grass Rivulet 3 Ð 1808 Perizoma flavofasciata Sandy Carpet 2 1809 Perizoma didymata Twin-spot Carpet 2 Ð 1811 Eupithecia tenuiata Slender Pug 3 Ð 1812 Eupithecia inturbata Maple Pug 3 1813 Eupithecia haworthiata Haworth's Pug 4 1814 Eupithecia plumbeolata Lead-coloured Pug 4 1816 Eupithecia linariata Toadflax Pug 2X 1817 Eupithecia pulchellata Foxglove Pug 2X 1818 Eupithecia irriguata Marbled Pug 4 Code Taxon Vernacular Status Change 1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 2X 1821 Eupithecia valerianata Valerian Pug 3 1822 Eupithecia pygmaeata Marsh Pug 3 1823 Eupithecia venosata Netted Pug 3 1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2 1826 Eupithecia trisignaria Triple-spotted Pug 4 1827 Eupithecia intricata Freyer's Pug 2X Ï 1828 Eupithecia satyrata Satyr Pug 3 1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 2X 1831 Eupithecia absinthiata f. goossensiata Ling Pug 3 1832 Eupithecia assimilata Currant Pug 2X Ï 1833 Eupithecia expallidata Bleached Pug 4 1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 2X 1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 2X Ð 1837 Eupithecia subfuscata Grey Pug 2X 1838 Eupithecia icterata Tawny Speckled Pug 2 1839 Eupithecia succenturiata Bordered Pug 2 1842 Eupithecia simpliciata Plain Pug 4 1843 Eupithecia distinctaria constrictata Thyme Pug 4 1844 Eupithecia indigata Ochreous Pug 2X Ð 1846 Eupithecia nanata Narrow-winged Pug 2X 1848 Eupithecia innotata Angle-barred Pug 3 1851 Eupithecia virgaureata Golden-rod Pug 2X 1852 Eupithecia abbreviata Brindled Pug 2X 1853 Eupithecia dodoneata Oak-tree Pug 2X 1854 Eupithecia pusillata Juniper Pug 2X Ð 1856 Eupithecia lariciata Larch Pug 2X Ð 1857 Eupithecia tantillaria Dwarf Pug 2 1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1 1859 Pasiphila chloerata Sloe Pug 4 1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 1 1861 Pasiphila debiliata Bilberry Pug 3 1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1 1863 Anticollix sparsata Dentated Pug 4 1864 Chesias legatella Streak 2 Ð 1865 Chesias rufata Broom-tip 3 Ð 1866 Carsia sororiata anglica Manchester