Moths

Nearly 500 species of moth have been recorded in Radley since 2003, of which about a quarter have been photographed and published on this website.

Please click on the thumbnail to go the individual posting, clicking on other links such as Family, Species, takes you to a listing page for that item. Click on column headings to sort the postings.

Alternatively click here to browse a chronological paged list of species.

Click here to see the list of recorded species with no photograph.

The majority of the above moths have been recorded by local moth expert, Dr Bob Eeles, who has been carrying out systematic light trapping at Thrupp since 2003. His detailed records and data are summarised in an Excel spreadsheet, which can be found at the link below.

Recorded species with no photograph

INCURVARIIDAE

• Adela reaumurella Linnaeus*

TINEIDAE

• Clothes Moth (Tineola bisselliella)

SESIIDAE

• Yellow-legged clearwing (Synanthedon vespiformisLinnaeus)*
• Orange-tailed clearwing (Synanthedon andrenaeformisLinnaeus)*
• Red belted clearwing (Synanthedon myopaeformisLaspeyres)*
• Red-tipped clearwing (Synanthedon formicaeformisEsper)*
• Large red belted clearwing (Synanthedon culiciformisLinneaus)*

TORTRICIDAE

• Large fruit tree tortrix (Tortrix podana)*
• Green oak tortrix (Tortrix viridana)*

CRAMBIDAE

• Calamotropha paludella
• Crambus pascuella Linnaeus – A grass veneer
• Crambus perlella
• Catoptria pinella
• Donacaula forficella
• Acentria ephemerella
• Scoparia ambigualis
• Scoparia basistrigalis
• Dipleurina lacustrata
• Brown china-mark (Elophila nymphaeata)*
• Beautiful china mark (Nymphula stagnata)*
• Pyrausta purpuralis Linnaeus – A purple and gold*
• Perinephela lancealis
• Phlyctaenia coronata Hufnagel*
• Rush veneer (Nomophila noctuella Denis & Schiffermüller)*

PYRALIDAE

• Hypsopygia costalis
• Orthopygia glaucinalis
• Endotricha flammealis
• Galleria mellonella
• Conobathra repandana
• Acrobasis consociella
• Pempelia formosa
• Nephopterix angustella
• Euzophera pinguis
• Ephestia elutella
• Homoeosoma sinuella
• Phycitodes binaevella

HEPIALIDAE

• Gold swift (Hepialus hecta Linnaeus)*

DREPANIDAE

• Oak hook tip (Drepana binaria Hufnagel)*
• Pebble hook tip (Drepana falcataria Linnaeus)*
• Chinese character (Cilix glaucata Scopoli)*

THYATIRIDAE

• Peach blossom (Thyatira batis Linnaeus)*
• Figure of 80 (Tethea ocularis Hübner)*
• Frosted green (Polyploca ridens Fabricius)*

GEOMETRIDAE

• Large emerald (Geometra papilionaria Linnaeus)*
• Blotched emerald (Comibaena bajularia Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Maiden’s blush (Cyclophora punctaria Linnaeus)*
• Cream Wave (Scopula floslactata Haworth)*
• Mullein wave (Scopula marginepunctata Goeze)
• Least carpet (Idaea rusticata Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Dwarf cream wave (Idaea fuscovenosa Goeze)*
• Treble brown spot (Idaea trigeminata Haworth)*
• Plain wave (Idaea straminata Borkhausen)*
• Gem (Orthonama obstipata Fabricius)*
• Flame carpet (Xanthorhoe designata Hufnagel)*
• Dark barred twin spot carpet (Xanthorhoe ferrugata Clerck)*
• Large twin spot carpet (Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata Clerck)*
• Beautiful carpet (Mesoleuca albicillata Linnaeus)*
• Dark spinach (Pelurga comitata Linnaeus)*
• Grey pine carpet (Thera obeliscata Hübner)*
• Broken barred carpet (Electrophaes corylata Thunberg)*
• July highflyer (Hydriomena furcata Thunberg)*
• May highflyer (Hydriomena impluviata Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Scallop shell (Rheumaptera undulata Linnaeus)*
• Brown scallop (Philereme vetulata Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• November moth (Epirrita dilutata Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Autumnal moth (Epirrita autumnata Borkhausen)*
• Small rivulet (Perizoma alchemillata Linnaeus)*
• Grass rivulet (Perizoma albulata Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Maple pug (Eupithecia inturbata Hübner)*
• Haworth ‘s pug (Eupithecia haworthiata Doubleday)*
• Mottled pug (Eupithecia exiguata Hübner)*
• Grey pug (Eupithecia subfuscata Haworth)*
• Bordered pug (Eupithecia succenturiata Linnaeus)*
• Narrow-winged pug (Eupithecia nanata Prout)*
• Oak-tree Pug (Eupithecia dodoneata Guenée)*
• Juniper pug (Eupithecia  pusillata Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Larch pug (Eupithecia lariciata Freyer)*
• Dwarf pug (Eupithecia tantillaria Boisduval)*
• Green pug (Chloroclystis rectangulata Linnaeus)*
• Double-striped pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haworth)*
• Currant pug (Eupithecia assimilata Doubleday)*
• Treble-bar (Aplocera plagiata Linnaeus)*
• Seraphim (Lobophora halterata Hufnagel)*
• Small seraphim (Pterapherapteryx sexalata Retzius)*
• Yellow barred brindle (Acasis viretata Hübner)*
• Latticed heath (Semiothisa clathrata Linnaeus)*
• Brown silver line (Petrophora chlorosata Scopoli)*
• Scorched wing (Plagodis dolabraria Linnaeus)*
• Bordered beauty (Epione repandaria Hufnagel)*
• Lilac Beauty (Apeira syringaria Linnaeus)*
• August thorn (Ennomos quercinaria Hufnagel)*
• Canary shouldered thorn (Ennomos alniaria Linnaeus)*
• Dusky thorn (Ennomos fuscantaria Haworth)*
• September Thorn (Ennomus erosaria Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Purple thorn (Selenia tetralunaria Hufnagel)*
• Peppered (Biston betularia Linnaeus)*
• Waved umber (Menophra abruptaria Thunberg)*
• Satin Beauty (Deileptenia ribeata Clerk)*
• Mottled beauty (Alcis repandata Linnaeus)*
• Oak beauty (Biston strataria Hufnagel)*
• Great oak beauty (Boarmia roboraria Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Pale oak beauty ( Hypomecis punctinalis Scopoli)*
• Square spot (Paradarisa consonaria Hübner)*
• Common white wave (Cabera pusaria Linnaeus)*
• White pinion spotted (Lomographa bimaculata Fabricius)*
• Barred red (Hylaea fasciaria Linnaeus)*

SPHINGIDAE

• Pine hawkmoth (Hyloicus pinastri Linnaeus)*
• Eyed hawkmoth (Smerinthus ocellata Linnaeus)*
• Hummingbird hawkmoth  (Macroglossum stellatarum Linnaeus)
• Elephant hawkmoth (Deilephila elpenor Linnaeus)*
• Striped hawkmoth (Hyles livornica Esper)*

NOTODONTIDAE

• Buff tip (Phalera bucephala Linnaeus)*
• Sallow kitten (Fercula furcula Clerck)*
• Poplar kitten (Fercula bifida Brahm)*
• Iron prominent (Notodonta dromedarius Linnaeus)*
• Lesser swallow prominent (Pheosia gnoma Fabricius)*
• Coxcomb prominent (Ptilodon capucina Linnaeus)*
• Marbled brown (Drymonia dodonaea Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Lunar marbled brown (Drymonia ruficornis Hufnagel)*
• Lobster moth (Stauropus fagi Linneaus)*

LYMANTRIIDAE

• Dark tussock (Dicallomera fascelina Linnaeus)*
• Brown tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea Linnaeus)*
• White satin (Leucoma salicis Linnaeus)*
• Black arches (Lymantria monacha Linnaeus)*

ARCTIIDAE

• Round winged muslin (Thumatha senex Hübner)*
• Four-dotted footman (Cybosia mesomella Linnaeus)*
• Orange footman (Eilema sororcula Hufnagel)*
• Scarce footman (Eilema complana Linnaeus)*
• Rosy Footman (Miltochrista miniata Forster)*
• Muslin footman (Nudaria mundana Linnaeus)*
• Common footman (Eilema lurideola Zincken)*
• Garden tiger (Arctia caja Linnaeus)*
• Muslin (Diaphora mendica Clerck)*

NOLIDAE

• Kent black arches (Meganola albula Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Short cloaked (Nola cucullatella Linnaeus)*

NOCTUIDAE

• Turnip (Agrotis segetum Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Garden dart (Euxoa nigricans Linnaeus)*
• Heart & club (Agrotis clavis Hufnagel)*
• Dark sword grass (Agrotis ipsilon Hufnagel)*
• Broad-bordered yellow underwing (Noctua fimbriata Schreber)*
• Langmaid’s Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthina Denis & Schiffermüller )
• Least yellow underwing (Noctua interjecta Schawerda)*
• Stout Dart (Spaelotis ravida Denis & Schiffermüller)
• Double dart (Graphiphora augur Fabricius)*
• Pearly underwing (Peridroma saucia Hübner)*
• Ingrailed clay (Diarsia mendica Fabricius)*
• Purple clay (Diarsia brunnea Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Small square spot (Diarsia rubi Vieweg)*
• Triple spotted clay (Xestia ditrapezium Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Green arches (Anaplectoides prasina Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Red chestnut (Cerastis rubricosa Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Nutmeg (Dicestra trifolii Hufnagel)*
• Shears (Hada nana Hufnagel)*
• Cabbage (Mamestra brassicae Linnaeus)*
• Dot (Melanchra persicariae Linnaeus)*
• Broad barred white (Hecatera bicolorata Hufnagel)*
• Campion (Hadena rivularis Fabricius)*
• Lychnis (Hadena bicruris Hufnagel)*
• Pine beauty (Panolis flammea Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Small quaker (Orthosia cruda Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Lead-coloured drab (Orthosia populeti Fabricius)*
• Powdered quaker (Orthosia gracilis Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Twin-spotted quaker (Orthosia munda Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Hebrew character (Orthosia gothica Linnaeus)*
• White-point (Mythimna albipuncta Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Common wainscot (Mythimna pallens Linnaeus)*
• Obscure wainscot (Mythimna obsoleta Hübner)*
• Southern wainscot (Mythimna straminea Treitschke)*
• Shoulder striped wainscot (Mythimna comma Hübner)*
• Wormwood (Cucullia absinthii Linnaeus)*
• Shark (Cucullia umbratica Linnaeus)*
• Minor shoulder knot (Brachylomia viminalis Fabricius)*
• Sprawler (Asteroscopus sphinx Hufnagel)*
• Deep brown dart (Aporophyla lutulenta Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Black rustic (Aporophyla nigra Haworth)*
• Pale pinion (Lithophane hepatica Clerck)*
• Green-brindled crescent (Allophyes oxyacanthae Linnaeus)*
• Brindled green (Dryobotodes eremita Fabricius)*
• Large ranunculus (Polymixis flavicincta Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Satellite (Eupsilia transversa Hufnagel)*
• Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii Linnaeus)*
• Dark chestnut (Conistra ligula Esper)*
• Yellow line quaker (Agrochola macilenta Hübner)*
• Brown spot pinion (Agrochola litura Linnaeus)*
• Beaded chestnut (Agrochola lychnidis Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Orange sallow (Xanthia citrago Linnaeus)*
• Pink barred sallow (Xanthia togata Esper)*
• Sallow (Xanthia icteritia hufnagel)*
• Sycamore (Acronicta aceris Linnaeus)*
• The miller (Acronicta leporina Linnaeus)*
• Knot grass (Acronicta rumicis Linnaeus)*
• Svensson’s copper underwing (Amphipyra berbera svenssoni Fletcher)*
• Mouse (Amphipyra tragopoginis Clerck)*
• Straw underwing (Thalpophila matura Hufnagel)*
• Small angle shades (Euplexia lucipara Linnaeus)*
• Double Kidney (Ipimorpha retusa Linnaeus)*
• Olive (Ipimorpha subtusa Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Angle-striped Sallow (Enargia paleacea  Esper)*
• Dingy shears (Enargia ypsillon Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Lunar spotted pinion (Cosmia pyralina Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Reddish light arches (Apamea sublustris Esper)*
• Clouded bordered brindle (Apamea crenata Hufnagel)*
• Clouded brindle (Apamea epomidion Haworth)*
• Small clouded brindle (Apamea unanimis Hübner)*
• Dusky brocade (Apamea remissa Hübner)*
• Large nutmeg (Apamea anceps Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Rustic shoulder knot (Apamea sordens Hufnagel)*
• Slender brindle (Apamea scolopacina Esper)*
• Double lobed (Apamea ophiogramma Esper)*
• Marbled minor (Oligia strigilis Linnaeus)*
• Tawny marbled minor (Oligia latruncula Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Middle barred minor (Oligia fasciuncula Haworth)*
• Cloaked minor (Mesoligia furuncula Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Rosy minor (Mesoligia literosa Haworth)*
• Common rustic (Mesapamea secalis Linnaeus)*
• Small dotted buff (Photedes minima Haworth)*
• Small wainscot (Photedes pygmina Haworth)*
• Dusky sallow (Eremobia ochroleuca Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Rosy rustic (Hydraecia micacea Esper)*
• Frosted orange (Gortyna flavago Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Crescent (Celaena leucostigma Hübner)*
• Bulrush wainscot (Nonagria typhae Thunberg)*
• Large wainscot (Rhizedra lutosa Hübner)*
• Fen wainscot (Arenostola phragmitidis Hübner)*
• Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines Brahm)*
• The rustic (Hoplodrina blanda Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Vine’s rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua Denis & Schiffermüller)*
• Mottled rustic (Caradrina morpheus Hufnagel)*
• Pale mottled willow (Caradrina clavipalpis Scopoli)*
• Small yellow underwing (Panemeria tenebrata Scopoli)*
• Bordered sallow (Pyrrhia umbra Hufnagel)*
• Silver hook (Eustrotia uncula Clerck)*
• Green silver lines (Pseudoips fagana Warren)*
• Gold spot (Plusia festucae Linnaeus)*
• Dark spectacle (Abrostola triplasia Linnaeus)*
• Blackneck (Lygephila pastinum Treitschke)*
• Buttoned snout (Hypena rostralis Linnaeus)*
• Pinion streaked snout (Shrankia costaestrigalis Stephens)*
• Fanfoot (Herminia tarsipennalis Treitschke)*

Related Links

• Moth Data for Thrupp, Radley
• Other species data for the Radley Lakes
• Butterfiles and Moths Database
• UK Moths
• British Moths

References

Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland

Paul Waring, Martin Townsend and Richard Lewington

Published by British Wildlife Publishing, Gillingham, Dorset, 2003

ISBN 0 9531399 2 1 (paperback)

ISBN 0 9531399 3 X (hardback)

Butterflies and Moths in Britain and Europe

David Carter

Published by Heinemann, London, in association with the British Museum (Natural History) 1982

ISBN 434 10965 7