Tuesday, 14 February 2012
A to Z of Moths
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| Acanthopsyche atra |
The male and female moths are markedly different. The male has translucent wings that are covered in grey hair scales, it has large bipectinate... |
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| Acleris aspersana |
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Acleris aspersana are a relatively small member of the Acleris genus. |
| Acleris bergmanniana |
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This moths upperwings are marked with shimmering blue-grey striations with reddish edges and two central black spots that are actually raised... |
| Acleris boscana |
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| Acleris cristana |
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This moth varies in colouration but all have a distinct raised scale tuft in the middle of each forewing. It flies from August until November and... |
| Acleris emargana |
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This species has a distinctive outline created by the hooked and notched forewings. |
| Acleris ferrugana |
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This species shows a wide range of colours but can be recognised by an unusual raised patch of scales in the middle of the forewing. |
| Acleris forsskaleana |
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Yellowish colouring with a reticulated pattern on the forewing with a variably sized greyish suffusion across the centre. |
| Acleris hastiana |
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This moth is probably the most variable Tortix moth and has numerous named forms, some of them resembling the scarcer A. cristana. |
| Acleris holmiana |
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Apart from the far north of Britain, this moth is fairly common, flying from July through... |
| Acleris hyemana |
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A variegated reddish-brown and silvery moth that is difficult to spot as it rests amongst low moorland plants and rarely flies. |
| Acleris laterana |
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| Acleris lipsiana |
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Occurs locally on high moorland and mountainous regions of Scotland and England. ... |
| Acleris literana |
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This is a very variable species with many different forms but all have a pale green colour with whitish and blackish markings. Found during August... |
| Acleris logiana |
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This moth was thought to only inhabit the Birch woods of the Scottish Highlands, it has nnow recently been found on a few occasions in the... |
| Acleris notana |
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This is a variable species that is similar to A. ferrugana and seperating the two is difficult. These moths fly in July an October, the secong... |
| Acleris rufana | ||
| Acleris sparsana |
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This is a variable species, which often has a distinctive mark on the upperwing in the shape of a triangle. The moth is usually greyish in colour... |
| Acleris umbrana |
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This moth is rare in the U.K. The adult moths are distinctive in that they are rufous with black longitudinal streaks and pale scale tufts that... |
| Acompsia cinerella | ||
| Acrocercops brongniardella | ||
| Acroclita subsequana | ||
| Acrolepia autumnitella | ||
| Adaina microdactyla | ||
| Adela croesella |
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The male of the species has a very long antenna while the females is shorter and thicker at the base. |
| Adela cuprella | ||
| Adela fibulella | ||
| Adela reaumurella |
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| Adela rufimitrella | ||
| Adoxophyes privatana | ||
| Aethes beatricella | ||
| Aethes cnicana | ||
| Aethes francillana | ||
| Aethes piercei | ||
| Aethes rubigana | ||
| Aethes smeathmanniana |
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| Aethes tesserana | ||
| African Carnation Tortrix | ||
| Agapeta hamana |
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Agapeta hamana is a cream/yellow moth that is usually seen on the wing during at dusk or at night, from June through August |
| Agapeta zoegana |
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It flies from dusk into the night, and is attracted to light. The flight period is from May to August. |
| Agdistis bennetii |
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| Agdistis meridionalis | ||
| Agonopterix alstromeriana |
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Agonopterix alstromeriana is quite easily attracted by light and usually seen on the wing between August and April, and |
| Agonopterix angelicella | ||
| Agonopterix arenella |
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The Agonopterix arenella adopts a posture of flattened overlapping wings when resting, which is typical of Depressariinae moths. Hatching during... |
| Agonopterix assimilella | ||
| Agonopterix astrantiae | ||
| Agonopterix carduella | ||
| Agonopterix ciliella |
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It can be distinguished from the commoner A. heracliana by the five brownish lines in the cilia near the base of the hindwing where heracliana only... |
| Agonopterix conterminella | ||
| Agonopterix curvipunctosa | ||
| Agonopterix heracliana |
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| Agonopterix kaekeritziana |
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A fairly uniformly-coloured species, with two or four darker dots on the forewing. The adult can be distinguished from A. pallorella and A.... |
| Agonopterix liturosa | ||
| Agonopterix nanatella | ||
| Agonopterix nervosa |
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| Agonopterix ocellana |
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| Agonopterix pallorella | ||
| Agonopterix propinquella | ||
| Agonopterix purpurea | ||
| Agonopterix rotundella | ||
| Agonopterix scopariella | ||
| Agonopterix subpropinquella | ||
| Agonopterix umbellana | ||
| Agonopterix yeatiana | ||
| Agriphila geniculea |
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This moth is a mid-brown colour with a diffuse pale streak but the most noticeable feature are two dark crosslines, the outermost one being... |
| Agriphila inquinatella |
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| Agriphila latistria |
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| Agriphila selasella | ||
| Agriphila straminella |
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| Agriphila tristella |
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| Agrotera nemoralis | ||
| Alabonia geoffrella |
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| Alder Kitten |
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| Alder Moth |
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| Aleimma loeflingiana |
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| Algedonia terrealis | ||
| Altenia scriptella | ||
| Amblyptilia acanthadactyla |
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| Amblyptilia punctidactyla |
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Superficially similar to A. Acanthadactyla this species is generally less warm in general colouration and has a more speckled appearance |
| Amphisbatis incongruella | ||
| Anacampsis blattariella | ||
| Anacampsis populella | ||
| Anacampsis temerella | ||
| Anania funebris | ||
| Anania verbascalis | ||
| Anarsia spartiella | ||
| Ancylis achatana |
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| Ancylis apicella | ||
| Ancylis badiana |
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| Ancylis diminutana | ||
| Ancylis laetana | ||
| Ancylis mitterbacheriana | ||
| Ancylis myrtillana | ||
| Ancylis obtusana | ||
| Ancylis paludana | ||
| Ancylis uncella | ||
| Ancylis unculana | ||
| Ancylis unguicella | ||
| Ancylis upupana |