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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 antennae and the body is hairy. The female is yellow... |
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Acleris aspersana |
Acleris aspersana are a relatively small member of the Acleris genus. |
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Acleris bergmanniana |
This moths upperwings are marked with shimmering blue-grey striations with reddish edges and two central black spots that are actually raised black scaly tufts |
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Acleris boscana | |
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Acleris cristana |
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 from March till May the following year after hibern |
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Acleris emargana |
This species has a distinctive outline created by the hooked and notched forewings. |
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Acleris ferrugana |
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. |
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Acleris forsskaleana |
Yellowish colouring with a reticulated pattern on the forewing with a variably sized greyish suffusion across the centre. |
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Acleris hastiana |
This moth is probably the most variable Tortix moth and has numerous named forms, some of them resembling the scarcer A. cristana. |
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Acleris holmiana |
Apart from the far north of Britain, this moth is fairly common, flying from July through August.
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Acleris hyemana |
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 |
Occurs locally on high moorland and mountainous regions of Scotland and England. |
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Acleris literana |
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 and September and also April and May as it overwin |
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Acleris logiana |
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 South of England, but these sightings could be... |
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Acleris notana |
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 generation then overwinters, reappearing in Spring.... |
| Acleris rufana | ||
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Acleris sparsana |
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 with lighter and darker specks. |
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Acleris umbrana |
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 are raised. They can be seen flying from July... |
| Acompsia cinerella | ||
| Acrocercops brongniardella | ||
| Acroclita subsequana | ||
| Acrolepia autumnitella | ||
| Adaina microdactyla | ||
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Adela croesella |
The male of the species has a very long antenna while the females is shorter and thicker at the base. |
| Adela cuprella | ||
| Adela fibulella | ||
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Adela reaumurella | |
| Adela rufimitrella | ||
| Adoxophyes privatana | ||
| Aethes beatricella | ||
| Aethes cnicana | ||
| Aethes francillana | ||
| Aethes piercei | ||
| Aethes rubigana | ||
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Aethes smeathmanniana | |
| Aethes tesserana | ||
| African Carnation Tortrix | ||
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Agapeta hamana | Agapeta hamana is a cream/yellow moth that is usually seen on the wing during at dusk or at night, from June through August |
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Agapeta zoegana | It flies from dusk into the night, and is attracted to light. The flight period is from May to August. |
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Agdistis bennetii | |
| Agdistis meridionalis | ||
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Agonopterix alstromeriana | Agonopterix alstromeriana is quite easily attracted by light and usually seen on the wing between August and April, and |
| Agonopterix angelicella | ||
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Agonopterix arenella | The Agonopterix arenella adopts a posture of flattened overlapping wings when resting, which is typical of Depressariinae moths. Hatching during autumn, Agonopterix arenella winter as an adult. |
| Agonopterix assimilella | ||
| Agonopterix astrantiae | ||
| Agonopterix carduella | ||
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Agonopterix ciliella | 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 has one. |
| Agonopterix conterminella | ||
| Agonopterix curvipunctosa | ||
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Agonopterix heracliana | |
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Agonopterix kaekeritziana | A fairly uniformly-coloured species, with two or four darker dots on the forewing. The adult can be distinguished from A. pallorella and A. bipunctosa by the rusty orange marks on its wings, these may |
| Agonopterix liturosa | ||
| Agonopterix nanatella | ||
| Agonopterix nervosa | ||
| Agonopterix ocellana | ||
| Agonopterix pallorella | ||
| Agonopterix propinquella | ||
| Agonopterix purpurea | ||
| Agonopterix rotundella | ||
| Agonopterix scopariella | ||
| Agonopterix subpropinquella | ||
| Agonopterix umbellana | ||
| Agonopterix yeatiana | ||
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Agriphila geniculea |
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 sharply elbowed. |
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Agriphila inquinatella | |
| Agriphila latistria | ||
| Agriphila selasella | ||
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Agriphila straminella | |
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Agriphila tristella | |
| Agrotera nemoralis | ||
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Alabonia geoffrella | |
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Alder Kitten | |
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Alder Moth | |
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Aleimma loeflingiana | |
| Algedonia terrealis | ||
| Altenia scriptella | ||
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Amblyptilia acanthadactyla | |
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Amblyptilia punctidactyla | 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 | ||
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Ancylis achatana | |
| Ancylis apicella | ||
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Ancylis badiana | |
| Ancylis diminutana | ||
| Ancylis laetana | ||
| Ancylis mitterbacheriana | ||
| Ancylis myrtillana | ||
| Ancylis obtusana | ||
| Ancylis paludana | ||
| Ancylis uncella | ||
| Ancylis unculana | ||
| Ancylis unguicella | ||
| Ancylis upupana |