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...

Acleris aspersana

Acleris aspersana are a relatively small member of the Acleris genus.

Acleris bergmanniana

This moths upperwings are marked with shimmering blue-grey striations with reddish edges and two central black spots that are actually raised...

Acleris boscana
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...

Acleris emargana

This species has a distinctive outline created by the hooked and notched forewings.

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.

Acleris forsskaleana

Yellowish colouring with a reticulated pattern on the forewing with a variably sized greyish suffusion across the centre.

Acleris hastiana

This moth is probably the most variable Tortix moth and has numerous named forms, some of them resembling the scarcer A. cristana.

Acleris holmiana

Apart from the far north of Britain, this moth is fairly common, flying from July through...

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
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...

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...

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...

Acleris rufana
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...

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...

Acompsia cinerella
Acrocercops brongniardella
Acroclita subsequana
Acrolepia autumnitella
Adaina microdactyla
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
Adela reaumurella
Adela rufimitrella
Adoxophyes privatana
Aethes beatricella
Aethes cnicana
Aethes francillana
Aethes piercei
Aethes rubigana
Aethes smeathmanniana
Aethes tesserana
African Carnation Tortrix
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  
Agapeta zoegana It flies from dusk into the night, and is attracted to light. The flight period is from May to August.
Agdistis bennetii
Agdistis meridionalis
Agonopterix alstromeriana Agonopterix alstromeriana is quite easily attracted by light and usually seen on the wing between August and April, and
Agonopterix angelicella
Agonopterix arenella 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 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
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....
Agonopterix liturosa
Agonopterix nanatella
Agonopterix nervosa
Agonopterix ocellana
Agonopterix pallorella
Agonopterix propinquella
Agonopterix purpurea
Agonopterix rotundella
Agonopterix scopariella
Agonopterix subpropinquella
Agonopterix umbellana
Agonopterix yeatiana
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...

Agriphila inquinatella
Agriphila latistria
Agriphila selasella
Agriphila straminella
Agriphila tristella
Agrotera nemoralis
Alabonia geoffrella
Alder Kitten
Alder Moth
Aleimma loeflingiana
Algedonia terrealis
Altenia scriptella
Amblyptilia acanthadactyla
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
Ancylis achatana
Ancylis apicella
Ancylis badiana
Ancylis diminutana
Ancylis laetana
Ancylis mitterbacheriana
Ancylis myrtillana
Ancylis obtusana
Ancylis paludana
Ancylis uncella
Ancylis unculana
Ancylis unguicella
Ancylis upupana
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