Moths Recorded on Dyke Farm Nature Reserve

Full list of moths recorded, compiled from surveys by Keith Naylor, Dan Watson and ourselves. We are indebted to Keith & Dan for their contribution and especially grateful to Keith for his permission to publish photographs of many species.

N.B. - Micro-moths do not normally have common names

Brimstone (Opisthograptis luteolata)
Ghost (Hepialus humuli)
Elephant Hawkmoth (Deilephila elpenor)
Swallow-tailed (Ourapteryx sambucaria)
Peppered (Biston betularia)
Beautiful Golden-Y (Autographa pulchrina)
Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula)
Antler Moth (Cerapteryx graminis)
Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis)
Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens)
Common Wave (Cabera exanthemata)
Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum)
The Flame (Axylia putris)
Ghost Moth (Hepialus humuli)
Map-winged Swift (Hepialus fusconebulosa)
Middle-barred Minor (Oligia fasciuncula)
Mottled Beauty (Alcis repandata)
Muslin Footman (Nudaria mundane)
Riband Wave (Idaea aversata f. remutata)
Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata)
Small Dotted Buff (Photedes minima)
Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi)
White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda)
Wormwood Pug (Eupithecia absinthiata)
Light Grey Tortrix (Cneohasia incertana)
Brown China-mark (Elophila nymphaeata)
Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptyauralis)
Oblique Carpet (Orthonama vittata)
Flame Carpet (Xanthorhoe designata)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe ferrugata)
Silver Ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata montanata)
Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata alternata)
Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata)
Dark Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta citra citra)
Blue-bordered Carpet (Plemyria rubiginata rubiginata)
Spruce Carpet (Thera britannica)
Green Carpet (Clostygia pectinataria)
July Highflyer (Hydriomena furcata)
Small Rivulet (Perizoma alchemillata)
Scalloped Oak (Crocallis elinguaria)
Pebble Prominent (Notodonta ziczac)
Common Footman (Eilema lurideola)
Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)
Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)
Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe)
Dotted Clay (Xestia baja)
Six-striped Rustic (Xestria sexstrigata)
Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa)
Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura)
Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa)
Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha)
Common Rustic (Mesapamea secalis)
Small Wainscot (Chortodes pygmina)
Flounced Rustic (Luperina testacea)
Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea)
Lempke's Gold Spot (Plusia putnami gracilis)
Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis)
Common Quaker (Orthosa cerasi)
Clouded Drab (Orthosa incerta)
Hebrew Character (Orthosa gothica)
Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata)
Poplar Hawk (Laothoe populi)
Oak Eggar (Lasiocampa quercus)
Barred Straw (Eulithis pyraliata)
Argyresthia Goedartella
Mompha Locupletella
Acleris Laterana
Acleris Aspersana
Bactra Lancealana
Epinotia Demarniana
Epinotia Immundana
Agriphilia Straminella
Agriphilia Tristella
Dipleurina Lacustrata
Udea Lutealis
Scoparia ambigualis
Early Tooth-striped (Trichopteryx carpinata f. fasciata)
Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae)
Red-necked Footman (Atolmis rubricollis)