Moth Species

Below is a list of Moths that can be found around the Emm Brook.

This is not a definitive checklist. The species listed here are those for which we have records on the wildlife database held by FOTEB.

These lists are being constantly updated as new species are identified.

The"Area Seen" column refers to the 10 sections that the Brook has been split into for monitoring purposes (see Wildlife page).

B&F Number	COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	STATUS	AREA SEEN
007		Eriocrania chrysolepidella	Resident	5
015	Orange Swift	Hepialus sylvina	Resident	5
017	Common Swift	Hepialus lupulinus	Resident	5
161	Leopard Moth	Zeuzera pyrina	Resident	5
169	Six-spot Burnet	Zygaena filipendulae	Resident	5
170	Five-spot Burnet	Zygaena trifolii	Resident	5
173	Festoon	Apoda limacodes	Resident	5
216	Cork Moth	Nemapogon cloacella	Resident	5
246		Tinea semifulvella	Resident	5
286		Caloptilia alchimiella	Resident	5
374	Yellow-legged Clearwing	Synanthedon vespiformis	Resident	5
411	Bird-cherry Ermine	Yponomeuta evonymella	Resident	5
424		Zeuzera pyrina	Resident	5
450	Hawthorn Moth	Scythropia crataegella	Resident	5
453	Honeysuckle Moth	Ypsolopha dentella	Resident	5
455		Ypsolopha scabrella	Resident	5
464	Diamond-back Moth	Plutella xylostella	Resident	5
642		Batia unitella	Resident	5
648	White-shouldered House-moth	Endrosis sarcitrella	Resident	5
658		Carcina quercana	Resident	5
663		Diurnea fagella	Resident	5
688		Agonopterix heracliana	Resident	5
695		Agonopterix alstromeriana	Resident	5
697		Agonopterix arenella	Resident	5
862	Juniper Webber	Dichomeris marginella	Resident	5
925		Phtheochroa rugosana	Resident	5
969	Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix	Pandemis corylana	Resident	5
977		Archips podana	Resident	5
980	Variegated Golden Tortrix		Resident	5
989	Timothy Tortrix	Aphelia paleana	Resident	5
998	Light Brown Apple Moth	Epiphyas postvittana	Resident	5
1001		Lozotaeniodes formosanus	Resident	5
1010	Red-barred Tortrix	Ditula angustiorana	Resident	5
1011		Pseudargyrotoza conwagana	Resident	5
1025		Tortricodes alternella	Resident	5
1033	Green Oak Tortrix	Tortrix viridana	Resident	5
1036		Acleris forsskaleana	Resident	5
1038		Acleris laterana	Resident	5
1048	Garden Rose Tortrix	Acleris variegana	Resident	5
1062		Acleris emargana	Resident	5
1063		Celypha striana	Resident	5
1133		Epinotia bilunana	Resident	5
1136		Epinotia immundana i	Resident	5
1174		Epiblema cynosbatella	Resident	5
1175	Bramble Shoot Moth	Epiblema uddmanniana	Resident	5
1183		Epiblema foenella	Resident	5
1205	Bud Moth	Spilonota ocellana	Resident	5
1211		Rhyacionia pinicolana	Resident	5
1260		Cydia splendana	Resident	5
1261	Codling Moth	Cydia pomonella	Resident	5
1288	Twenty-plume Moth	Alucita hexadactyla	Resident	5
1294		Crambus pascuella	Resident	5
1303		Agriphila selasella	Resident	5
1309		Agriphila geniculea	Resident	5
1313		Catoptria pinella	Resident	5
1333		Scoparia pyralella	Resident	5
1342		Eudonia angustea	Resident	5
1344	Ringed China-mark	Eudonia mercurella	Resident	5
1348		Parapoynx stratiotata	Resident	5
1354	Small China-mark	Cataclysta lemnata	Resident	5
1356	Garden Pebble	Evergestis forficalis	Resident	5
1361		Pyrausta aurata	Resident	5
1375	European Corn-borer	Ostrinia nubilalis	Resident	5
1376	Small Magpie	Eurrhypara hortulata	Resident	5
1378		Phlyctaenia coronata auctorum	Resident	5
1392		Udea olivalis	Resident	5
1395	Rusty Dot Pearl	Udea ferrugalis	Resident	5
1398	Rush Veneerx	Nomophila noctuella	Resident	5
1405	Mother of Pearl	Pleuroptya ruralis	Resident	5
1413	Gold Triangle	Hypsopygia costalis	Resident	5
1415		Orthopygia glaucinalis	Resident	5
1417	Meal Moth	Pyralis farinalis	Resident	5
1424		Endotricha flammealis	Resident	5
1425	Wax Moth	Galleria mellonella	Resident	5
1428	Bee Moth	Aphomia sociella	Resident	5
1439		Trachycera advenella	Resident	5
1442		Pempelia palumbella	Resident	5
1458	Thistle Ermine Myelois circumvoluta	Resident	5
1470		Euzophera pinguis	Resident	5
1497		Amblyptilia acanthadactyla	Resident	5
1524		Emmelina monodactyla	Resident	5
1631	December Moth	Poecilocampa populi	Resident	5
1634	The Lackey	Malacosoma neustria	Resident	5
1645	Scalloped Hook-tip	Falcaria lacertinaria	Resident	5
1646	Oak Hook-tip	Drepana binaria	Resident	5
1647	Barred Hook-tip	Drepana cultaria	Resident	5
1648	Pebble Hook-tip	Drepana flacataria	Resident	5
1653	Buff Arches	Habosyne pyritoides	Resident	5
1654	Figure of Eighty	Tethea ocularis	Resident	5
1658	Oak Lutestring	Cymatophorima diluta	Resident	5
1659	Yellow Horned	Achlya flavicornis	Resident	5
1663	March Moth	Alsophila aescularia	Resident	5
1666	Large Emerald	Geometra papilionaria	Resident	5
1667	Blotched Emerald	Comibaena bajularia	Resident	5
166	Common Emerald	Hemithea aestivaria	Resident	5
1673	Small Emerald	Hemistola chrysoprasaria	Resident	5
1680	Maiden's Blush	Cyclophora punctaria	Resident	5
1690	Small Blood-vein	Scopula imitaria	Resident	5
1699	Least Carpet	Idaea vulpinaria	Resident	5
1705	Dwarf Cream Wave	Idaea fuscovenosa	Resident	5
1707	Small Dusty Wave	Idaea seriata	Resident	5
1708	Single-dotted Wave	Idaea dimidiata	Resident	5
1711	Treble Brown Spot	Idaea trigeminata	Resident	5
1713	Riband Wave	Idaea aversata	Resident	5
1721	Balsam Carpet	Xanthorhoe biriviata	Resident	5
1722	Flame Carpet	Xanthorhoe designata	Resident	5
1724	Red Twin-spot Carpet	Xanthorhoe spadicearia	Resident	5
1728	Garden Carpet	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Resident	5
1738	Common Carpet	Epirrhoe alternata	Resident	5
1742	Yellow Shell	Camptogramma bilineata	Resident	5
1746	Shoulder Stripe	Anticlea adiata	Resident	5
1747	The Streamer	Anticlea derivata	Resident	5
1757	The Spinach	Eulithis mellinata	Resident	5
	Barred Straw Eulithis pyraliata	Resident	5
1759	Small Phoenix	Ecliptopera silaceata	Resident	5
1760	Red-green Carpet	Chloroclysta siterate	Resident	5
1764	Common Marbled Carpet	Chloroclysta truncata	Resident	5
1765	Barred Yellow	Cidaria fulvata	Resident	5
1766	Blue-bordered Carpet	Plemyria rubiginata	Resident	5
1767	Pine Carpet	Thera firmata	Resident	5
1768	Grey Pine Carpet	Thera obeliscata	Resident	5
1769	Spruce Carpet	Thera variata	Resident	5
1771a	Cypress Carpet	Thera cupressata	Resident	5
1773	Broken-barred Carpet	Electrophaes corylata	Resident	5
1776	Green Carpet	Colostygia pectinataria	Resident	5
1778	May Highflyer	Hydriomena impluviata	Resident	5
1788	Scarce Tissue	Rheumaptera cervinalis	Resident	5
1789	Scallop Shell	Rheumaptera undulata	Resident	5
1793	Cloaked Carpet	Euphyia biangulata	Resident	5
1794	Sharp-angled Carpet	Euphyia unangulata	Resident	5
1795	November Moth	Epirrita dilutata	Resident	5
1817	Foxglove Pug	Eupithecia pulchellata	Resident	5
1819	Mottled Pug	Eupithecia exiguata	Resident	5
1825	Lime-speck Pug	Eupithecia centaureata	Resident	5
1827	Freyer's Pug	Eupithecia intricata	Resident	5
1830	Wormwood Pug	Eupithecia absinthiata	Resident	5
1834	Common Pug	Eupithecia vulgata	Resident	5
1835	White-spotted Pug	Eupithecia tripunctaria	Resident	5
1838	Tawny Speckled Pug	Eupithecia icterata	Resident	5
1839	Bordered Pug	Eupithecia succenturiata	Resident	5
1842	Plain Pug	Eupithecia simpliciata	Resident	5
1852	Brindled Pug	Eupithecia abbreviata	Resident	5
1853	Oak-tree Pug	Eupithecia dodoneata	Resident	5
1858	The V-Pug	Chloroclystis v-ata	Resident	5
1860	Green Pug	Chloroclystis rectangulata	Resident	5
1862	Double-striped Pug	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Resident	5
1874	Dingy Shell	Euchoeca nebulata	Resident	5
1876	Small Yellow Wave	Hydrelia flammeolaria	Resident	5
1879	The Seraphim	Lobophora halterata	Resident	5
1882	Small Seraphim	Pterapherapteryx sexalata	Resident	5
1883	Yellow-barred Brindle	Acsis viretata	Resident	5
1884	The Magpie	Abraxas grossulariata	Resident	5
1887	Clouded Border	Lomaspilis marginata	Resident	5
1888	Scorched Carpet	Ligdia adustata	Resident	5
1893	Tawny-barred Angle	Semiothisa liturata	Resident	5
1896	Rannoch Looper	Semiothisa brunneata	Resident	5
1904	Dusky Thorn	Ennomos fuscantaria	Resident	5
1915	September Thorn	Ennomos erosaria	Resident	5
1917	Early Thorn	Selenia dentaria	Resident	5
1919	Purple Thorn	Selenia tetralunaria	Resident	5
1920	Scalloped Hazel	Odontopera bidentata	Resident	5
1921	Scalloped Oak	Crocallis elinguaria	Resident	5
1922	Swallow-tailed Moth	Ourapteryx sambucaria	Resident	5
1923	Feathered Thorn	Colotois pennaria	Resident	5
1925	Small Brindled Beauty	Apocheima hispidaria	Resident	5
1930	Oak Beauty	Biston betularia	Resident	5
1932	Spring Usher	Agriopis leucophaearia	Resident	5
1934	Dotted Border	Agriopis marginaria	Resident	5
1936	Waved Umber	Menophra abruptaria	Resident	5
1937	Willow Beauty	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Resident	5
1954	Bordered White	Bupalus piniaria	Resident	5
1957	White-pinion Spotted	Lomographa bimaculata	Resident	5
1958	Clouded Silver	Lomographa temerata	Resident	5
1960	Early Moth	Theria primaria	Resident	5
1961	Light Emerald	Campaea margaritata	Resident	5
1962	Barred Red	Hylaea fasciaria	Resident	5
1976	Privet Hawk-moth	Sphinx ligustri	Resident	5
1978	Pine Hawk-mot	Hyloicus pinastri	Resident	5
1979	Lime Hawk-moth	Mimas tiliae	Resident	5
1980	Eyed Hawk-moth	Smerinthus ocellata	Resident	5
1981	Poplar Hawk-moth	Laothoe populi	Resident	5
1984	Humming-bird Hawk-moth	Macroglossum stellatarum
1991	Elephant	Pha	lera bucephala	Resident	5
1995	Puss Moth	Cerura vinula	Resident	5
1997	Sallow Kitten	Furcula furcula	Resident	5
1998	Poplar Kitten	Furcula bifida	Resident	5
1999	Lobster Moth	Notodonta dromedarius	Resident	5
2003	Pebble Prominent Eligmo	Pheosia gnonma	Resident	5
2007	Swallow Prominent	Pheosia tremula	Resident	5
2008	Coxcomb Prominent	Ptilodon capucina	Resident	5
2009	Maple Prominent	Ptilodontella cucullina	Resident	5
2011	Pale Prominent	Pterostoma palpina	Resident	5
2014	Marbled Brown	Drymonia dodonaea	Resident	5
2019	Chocolate-tip	Clostera curtula	Resident	5
2020	Figure of Eight	Diloba caeruleocephala	Resident	5
2026	The Vapourer	Orgyia antiqua	Resident	5
2028	Pale Tussock	Dasychira pudibunda	Resident	5
2029	Brown-tail	Euproctis chrysorrhoea	Resident	5
2030	Yellow-tail	Euproctis similis	Resident	5
2031	White Satin Moth	Leucoma salicis	Resident	5
2033	Black Arches	Lymantria monacha	Resident	5
2037	Rosy Footman	Miltochrista miniata	Resident	5
2043	Orange Footman	Eilema sororcula	Resident	5
2050	Common Footman	Eilema lurideola	Resident	5
2060	White Ermine	Spilosoma lubricpeda	Resident	5
2061	Buff Ermine	Spilosoma luteum	Resident	5
2063	Muslin Moth	Diaphora mendica	Resident	5
2064	Ruby Tiger	Phragmatobia fuliginosa	Resident	5
2077	Short-cloaked Moth	Nola cucullatella	Resident	5
2087	Turnip Moth	Agrotis segetum	Resident	5
2088	Heart and Club	Agrotis clavis	Resident	5
2089	Heart and Dart	Agrotis exclamationis	Resident	5
2092	Shuttle-shaped Dart	Agrotis puta	Resident	5
2098	The Flame	Axylia putris	Resident	5
210	Flame Shoulder	Ochropleura plecta	Resident	5
2107	Large Yellow Underwing	Noctua pronuba	Resident	5
2109	Lesser Yellow Underwing	Noctua comes	Resident	5
2110	Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	Noctua fimbriata	Resident	5
2111	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	Noctua janthina	Resident	5
2112	Least Yellow Underwing	Noctua interjecta	Resident	5
2126	Setaceous Hebrew Character	Xestia c-nigrum	Resident	5
2128	Double Square-spot	Xestia triangulum	Resident	5
2134	Square-spot Rustic	Xestia xanthographa	Resident	5
2147	Shears	Hada plebeja	Resident	5
2154	Cabbage Moth	Mamestra brassicae	Resident	5
2155	Dot Moth	Melanachra persicariae	Resident	5
2156	Beautiful Brocade	Lacanobia contigua	Resident	5
2160	Bright-line Brown-eye	Lacanobia oleracea	Resident	5
2164	Broad-barred White	Hecatera bicolorata	Resident	5
2166	The Campion	Hadena rivularis	Resident	5
2179	Pine Beauty	Panolis flammea	Resident	5
2182	Small Quaker	Orthosia cruda	Resident	5
2184	Powdered Quaker	Orthosia gracilis	Resident	5
2187	Common Quaker	Orthosia stabilis	Resident	5
2188	Clouded Drab	Orthosia incerta	Resident	5
2189	Twin-spotted Quaker	Orthosia munda	Resident	5
2190	Hebrew Character	Orthosia gothica	Resident	5
2193	The Clay	Mythimna ferrago	Resident	5
2198	Smoky Wainscot	Mythimna impura	Resident	5
2199	Common Wainscot	d> Mythimna pallens	Resident	5
2225	Minor Shoulder-knot	Brachylomia viminalis	Resident	5
2231	Deep-brown Dart	Aporophyla lutulenta	Resident	5
2232	Black Rustic	Aporophyla nigra	Resident	5
2235	Tawny Pinion	Lithophane semibrunnea	Resident	5
2237	Grey Shoulder-knot	Lithophane ornitopus	Resident	5
2240	Blair's Shoulder-knot	Lithophane leautieri	Resident	5
2243	Early Grey	Xylocampa areola	Resident	5
2245	Green-brindle	d Crescent Allophytes oxyacanthae	Resident	5
2247	Merveille du Jour Dichonia aprilina	Resident	5
2248	Brindled Green	Dryobotodes eremita	Resident	5
2252	Large Ranunculus	Polymixis flavicincta	Resident	5
2256	The Satellite	Eupsilis transversa	Resident	5
2258	The Chestnut	Conistra vaccinii	Resident	5
2259	Dark Chestnut	Conistra ligula	Resident	5
2260	Dotted Chestnut	Conistra rubiginea	Resident	5
2263	Red-line Quaker	Agrochola lota	Resident	5
2264	Yellow-line Quaker Agrochola macilenta	Resident	5
2267	Beaded Chestnut		Agrochola lychnidis	Resident	5
2269	Centre-barred Sallow	Atethmia centrago	Resident	5
2270	Lunar Underwing	Omphaloscelis lunosa	Resident	5
2274	The Sallow	Xanthia icteritia	Resident	5
2278	Poplar Grey	Acronicta megacephala	Resident	5
2279	The Sycamore	Acronicta aceris	Resident	5
2280	The Miller	Acronicta leporina	Resident	5
2281	Alder Moth	Acronicta alni	Resident	5
2289	Knot Grass	Acronicta rumicis	Resident	5
2293	Marbled Beauty	Cryphia domestica	Resident	5
2295	Marbled Green	Cryphia muralis	Resident	5
2297	Copper Underwing	Amphipyra pyramidea	Resident	5
2299	Mouse Moth	Amphipyra tragopogonis	Resident	5
2300	Old Lady	Mormo maura	Resident	5
2301	Bird's Wing	Dypterygia scabriuscula	Resident	5
2302	Brown Rustic	Rusina ferruginea	Resident	5
2303	Straw Underwing	Thalpophila matura	Resident	5
2305	Small Angle Shades	Euplexia lucipara	Resident	5
2306	Angle Shades	Phlogophora meticulosa	Resident	5
2312	The Olive	Ipimorpha subtusa	Resident	5
2314	Dingy Shears	Enargia ypsillon	Resident	5
2318	The Dun-bar	Cosmia trapezina	Resident	5
2319	Lunar-spotted Pinion	Cosmia pyralina	Resident	5
2321	Dark Arches	Apamea monoglypha	Resident	5
2322	Light Arches	Apamea lithoxylaea	Resident	5
2331	Small Clouded Brindle	Apamea unanimis	Resident	5
2336	Double Lobed	Apamea ophioghramma	Resident	5
2340	Middle-barred Minor	Oligia fasciuncula	Resident	5
2341	Cloaked Minor	Mesoligia furuncula	Resident	5
2343	Common Rustic	Mesapamea secalis	Resident	5
2352	Dusky Sallow	Eremobia ochroleuca	Resident	5
2353	Flounced Rustic	Luperina testacea	Resident	5
2361	Rosy Rustic	Hydraecia micacea	Resident	5
2364	Frosted Orange	Gortyna flavago	Resident	5
2387	Mottled Rustic	Caradrina morpheus	Resident	5
2389	Pale Mottled Willow	Caradrina clavipalpis	Resident	5
2396	Rosy Marbled	Elaphria venustula	Resident	5
2400	Scarce Bordered Straw	Helicoverpa armigera	Resident	5
2410	Marbled White Spot	Lithacodia pygarga	Resident	5
2421	Scarce Silver-lines	Bena prasinana	Resident	5
2422	Green Silver-lines	Pseudoips fagana	Resident	5
2423	Oak Nycteoline	Nycteola revayana	Resident	5
2425	Nut-tree Tussock	Colocasia cryli	Resident	5
2434	Burnished Brass	Diachrysia chrysitis	Resident	5
2441		Autographa gamma	Resident	5
2450	The Spectacle	Abrostola triplasia	Resident	5
2469	The Herald	Scoliopteryx libatrix	Resident	5
2473	Beautiful Hook-tip	Laspeyria flexula	Resident	5
2474	Straw Dot	Rivula sericealis	Resident	5
2475	Waved Black	Parascotia fulginaria	Resident	5
2477	The Snout	Hypena proboscidalis	Resident	5
2489	The Fan-foot	Herminia tarsipennalis	Resident	5
2492	Small Fan-foot	Herminia nemoralis	Resident	5