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Yorkshire Moths
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03 Hepialidae
03.001 Orange Swift
Hepialus sylvina
03.002 Common Swift
Korscheltellus lupulina
03.003 Map-winged Swift
Korscheltellus fusconebulosa
03.004 Gold Swift
Phymatopus hecta
03.005 Ghost Moth
Hepialus humuli ♂
03.005 Ghost Moth
Hepialus humuli ♀
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54 Zygaenidae
54.008 Six-Spot Burnet
Zygaena filipendulae
54.009 Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
Zygaena lonicerae
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65 Drepanidae
65.001 Scalloped Hook-tip
Falcaria lacertinaria
65.005 Pebble Hook-tip
Drepana falcataria
65.007 Chinese Character
Cilix glaucata
65.008 Peach Blossom
Thyatira batis
65.009 Buff Arches
Habrosyne pyritoides
65.010 Figure of Eighty
Tethea ocularis
65.013 Common Lutestring
Ochropacha duplaris
65.016 Yellow Horned
Achlya flavicornis
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66 Lasiocampidae
66.001 December Moth
Poecilocampa populi
66.008 Fox Moth
Macrothylacia rubi
66.010 Drinker
Euthrix potatoria
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68 Saturniidae
68.001 Emperor Moth
Saturnia pavonia
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69 Sphingidae
69.001 Lime Hawk-moth
Mimas tiliae
69.002 Eyed Hawk-moth
Smerinthus ocellata
69.003 Poplar Hawk-moth
Laothoe populi
69.006 Privet Hawk-moth
Sphinx ligustri
69.007 Pine Hawk-moth
Sphinx pinastri
69.010 Hummingbird Hawk-moth
Macroglossum stellatarum
69.016 Elephant Hawk-moth
Deilephila elpenor
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70 Geometridae
70.008 Small Dusty Wave
Idaea seriata
70.011 Single-dotted Wave
Idaea dimidiata
70.013 Small Fan-footed Wave
Idaea biselata
70.016 Riband Wave
Idaea aversata
70.016 Riband Wave
Idaea aversata
70.024 Small Blood-vein
Scopula imitaria
70.026 Smoky Wave
Scopula ternata
70.029 Blood-vein
Timandra comae
70.032 Birch Mocha
Cyclophora albipunctata
70.036 Maiden’s Blush
Cyclophora punctaria
70.045 Shaded Broad-bar
Scotopteryx chenopodiata
70.049 Garden Carpet
Xanthorhoe fluctuata
70.051 Red Twin-spot Carpet
Xanthorhoe spadicearia
70.052 Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
Xanthorhoe ferrugata
70.053 Flame Carpet
Xanthorhoe designata
70.054 Silver-ground Carpet
Xanthorhoe montanata
70.055 Large Twin-spot Carpet
Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata
70.059 Yellow Shell
Camptogramma bilineata
70.061 Common Carpet
Epirrhoe alternata
70.066 Shoulder Stripe
Earophila badiata
70.069 Dark Spinach
Pelurga comitata
70.074 July Highflyer
Hydriomena furcata
70.074 July Highflyer
Hydriomena furcata
70.077 Pine Carpet
Pennithera firmata
70.079 Spruce Carpet
Thera britannica
70.081 Grey Pine Carpet
Thera obeliscata
70.085 Barred Yellow
Cidaria fulvata
70.087 Purple Bar
Cosmorhoe ocellata
70.089 Phoenix
Eulithis prunata
70.090 Chevron
Eulithis testata
70.091 Northern Spinach
Eulithis populata
70.093 Barred Straw
Gandaritis pyraliata
70.094 Small Phoenix
Ecliptopera silaceata
70.095 Red-green Carpet
Chloroclysta siterata
70.096 Autumn Green Carpet
Chloroclysta miata
70.097 Common Marbled Carpet
Dysstroma truncata
70.097 Common Marbled Carpet
Dysstroma truncata
70.097 Common Marbled Carpet
Dysstroma truncata
70.100 Green Carpet
Colostygia pectinataria
70.101 Mottled Grey
Colostygia multistrigaria
70.103 Water Carpet
Lampropteryx suffumata
70.106 Winter Moth
Operophtera brumata
70.107x November Moth agg.
Epirrita dilutata agg.
70.114 Small Yellow Wave
Hydrelia flammeolaria
70.121 Scallop Shell
Hydria undulata
70.123 Tissue
Triphosa dubitata
70.131 Twin-spot Carpet
Perizoma didymata
70.132 Rivulet
Perizoma affinitata
70.133 Small Rivulet
Perizoma alchemillata
70.138 Sandy Carpet
Perizoma flavofasciata
70.141 Double-striped Pug
Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
70.142 V-Pug
Chloroclystis v-ata
70.144 Green Pug
Pasiphila rectangulata
70.156 Brindled Pug
Eupithecia abbreviata
70.157 Oak-tree Pug
Eupithecia dodoneata
70.160 White-spotted Pug
Eupithecia tripunctaria
70.168 Narrow-winged Pug
Eupithecia nanata
70.173 Lime-speck Pug
Eupithecia centaureata
70.176 Freyer’s Pug
Eupithecia intricata
70.179 Wormwood Pug
Eupithecia absinthiata
70.182 Currant Pug
Eupithecia assimilata
70.183 Common Pug
Eupithecia vulgata
70.184 Mottled Pug
Eupithecia exiguata
70.187 Tawny Speckled Pug
Eupithecia icterata
70.193 Lesser Treble-bar
Aplocera efformata
70.200 Yellow-barred Brindle
Acasis viretata
70.202 Early Tooth-striped
Trichopteryx carpinata
70.205 Magpie
Abraxas grossulariata
70.207 Clouded Border
Lomaspilis marginata
70.208 Scorched Carpet
Ligdia adustata
70.222 Brown Silver-line
Petrophora chlorosata
70.224 Scorched Wing
Plagodis dolabraria
70.226 Brimstone Moth
Opisthograptis luteolata
70.227 Bordered Beauty
Epione repandaria
70.229 Speckled Yellow
Pseudopanthera macularia
70.233 August Thorn
Ennomos quercinaria
70.234 Canary-shouldered Thorn
Ennomos alniaria
70.235 Dusky Thorn
Ennomos fuscantaria
70.237 Early Thorn
Selenia dentaria
70.239 Purple Thorn
Selenia tetralunaria
70.240 Scalloped Hazel
Odontopera bidentata
70.241 Scalloped Oak
Crocallis elinguaria
70.243 Swallow-tailed Moth
Ourapteryx sambucaria
70.244 Feathered Thorn
Colotois pennaria
70.245 March Moth
Alsophila aescularia
70.247 Pale Brindled Beauty
Phigalia pilosaria
70.251 Oak Beauty
Biston strataria
70.252 Peppered Moth
Biston betularia
70.252 Peppered Moth
Biston betularia
70.254 Scarce Umber
Agriopis aurantiaria
70.255 Dotted Border
Agriopis marginaria
70.256 Mottled Umber
Erannis defoliaria
70.257 Waved Umber
Menophra abruptaria
70.258 Willow Beauty
Peribatodes rhomboidaria
70.265 Mottled Beauty
Alcis repandata
70.270 Engrailed
Ectropis crepuscularia
70.275 Common Heath
Ematurga atomaria
70.277 Common White Wave
Cabera pusaria
70.278 Common Wave
Cabera exanthemata
70.280 Clouded Silver
Lomographa temerata
70.282 Early Moth
Theria primaria
70.283 Light Emerald
Campaea margaritaria
70.284 Barred Red
Hylaea fasciaria
70.299 Large Emerald
Geometra papilionaria
70.300 Blotched Emerald
Comibaena bajularia
70.305 Common Emerald
Hemithea aestivaria
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71 Notodontidae
71.003 Puss Moth
Cerura vinula
71.005 Sallow Kitten
Furcula furcula
71.012 Iron Prominent
Notodonta dromedarius
71.013 Pebble Prominent
Notodonta ziczac
71.017 Swallow Prominent
Pheosia tremula
71.018 Lesser Swallow Prominent
Pheosia gnoma
71.020 Pale Prominent
Pterostoma palpina
71.021 Coxcomb Prominent
Ptilodon capucina
71.025 Buff-tip
Phalera bucephala
71.027 Chocolate-tip
Clostera curtula
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72 Erebidae
72.001 Herald
Scoliopteryx libatrix
72.002 Straw Dot
Rivula sericealis
72.003 Snout
Hypena proboscidalis
72.009 White Satin Moth
Leucoma salicis
72.012 Brown-tail
Euproctis chrysorrhoea
72.013 Yellow-tail
Euproctis similis
72.015 Pale Tussock
Calliteara pudibunda
72.017 Vapourer
Orgyia antiqua
72.019 Buff Ermine
Spilosoma lutea ♂
72.019 Buff Ermine – Spilosoma lutea ♀
72.020 White Ermine
Spilosoma lubricipeda
72.022 Muslin Moth
Diaphora mendica
72.023 Clouded Buff
Diacrisia sannio
72.024 Ruby Tiger
Phragmatobia fuliginosa
72.026 Garden Tiger
Arctia caja
72.031 Cinnabar
Tyria jacobaeae
72.038 Four-dotted Footman
Cybosia mesomella
72.043 Buff Footman
Eilema depressa
72.044 Dingy Footman
Eilema griseola
72.044 Dingy Footman
Eilema griseola
72.045 Common Footman
Eilema lurideola
72.046 Scarce Footman
Eilema complana
72.053 Fan-foot
Herminia tarsipennalis
72.055 Small Fan-foot
Herminia grisealis
72.063 The Blackneck
Lygephila pastinum
72.069 Beautiful Hook-tip
Laspeyria flexula
72.078 Red Underwing
Catocala nupta
72.083 Burnet Companion
Euclidia glyphica
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73 Noctuidae
73.001 Spectacle
Abrostola tripartita
73.012 Burnished Brass
Diachrysia chrysitis
73.015 Silver Y
Autographa gamma
73.016 Beautiful Golden Y
Autographa pulchrina
73.017 Plain Golden Y
Autographa jota
73.022 Gold Spot
Plusia festucae
73.024 Marbled White Spot
Deltote pygarga
73.026 Silver Hook
Deltote uncula
73.032 Nut-tree Tussock
Colocasia coryli
73.037 Dark/Grey Dagger
Acronicta tridens/psi
73.038 Grey Dagger
Acronicta psi
73.039 Sycamore
Acronicta aceris
73.040 Miller
Acronicta leporina
73.045 Knot Grass
Acronicta rumicis
73.046 Poplar Grey
Subacronicta megacephala
73.047 Coronet
Craniophora ligustri
73.052 Shark
Cucullia umbratica
73.058 Mullein
Cucullia verbasci
73.062 Copper Underwing
Amphipyra pyramidea
73.063 Svensson’s Copper Underwing
Amphipyra berbera
73.064 Mouse Moth
Amphipyra tragopoginis
73.068 Green-brindled Crescent
Allophyes oxyacanthae
73.069 Early Grey
Xylocampa areola
73.070 Bordered Sallow
Pyrrhia umbra
73.084 Marbled Beauty
Bryophila domestica
73.092 Mottled Rustic
Caradrina morpheus
73.095 Pale Mottled Willow
Caradrina clavipalpis
73.096 Uncertain
Hoplodrina octogenaria
73.097 Rustic
Hoplodrina blanda
73.099 Vine’s Rustic
Hoplodrina ambigua
73.100 Silky Wainscot
Chilodes maritima
73.101 Treble Lines
Charanyca trigrammica
73.102 Brown Rustic
Rusina ferruginea
73.107 Old Lady
Mormo maura
73.109 Straw Underwing
Thalpophila matura
73.113 Angle Shades
Phlogophora meticulosa
73.114 Small Angle Shades
Euplexia lucipara
73.119 Crescent
Helotropha leucostigma
73.120 Dusky Sallow
Eremobia ochroleuca
73.121 Frosted Orange
Gortyna flavago
73.123 Rosy Rustic
Hydraecia micacea
73.131 Flounced Rustic
Luperina testacea
73.134 Large Wainscot
Rhizedra lutosa
73.136 Bulrush Wainscot
Nonagria typhae
73.139 Twin-spotted Wainscot
Lenisa geminipuncta
73.147 Small Dotted Buff
Photedes minima
73.154 Dusky Brocade
Apamea remissa
73.156 Clouded-bordered Brindle
Apamea crenata
73.156 Clouded-bordered Brindle
Apamea crenata
73.158 Rustic Shoulder-knot
Apamea sordens
73.159 Small Clouded Brindle
Apamea unanimis
73.162 Dark Arches
Apamea monoglypha
73.162 Dark Arches
Apamea monoglypha
73.163 Light Arches
Apamea lithoxylaea
73.168 Double Lobed
Lateroligia ophiogramma
73.169 Common Rusticv
Mesapamea secalis
73.169 Common Rustic agg.
Mesapamea secalis agg.
73.170 Lesser Common Rustic
Mesapamea didyma
73.171 Rosy Minor
Litoligia literosa
73.172 Cloaked Minor
Mesoligia furuncula
73.173 Marbled Minor agg.
Oligia strigilis agg.
73.173x Marbled Minor agg.
Oligia strigilis agg.
73.173x Marbled Minor agg.
Oligia strigilis agg.
73.176 Middle-barred Minor
Oligia fasciuncula
73.179 Orange Sallow
Xanthia citrago
73.180 Barred Sallow
Tiliacea aurago
73.181 Pink-barred Sallow
Xanthia togata
73.182 Sallow
Cirrhia icteritia
73.186 Beaded Chestnut
Agrochola lychnidis
73.186 Beaded Chestnut
Agrochola lychnidis
73.187 Brown-spot Pinion
Agrochola litura
73.189 Red-line Quaker
Agrochola lota
73.190 Yellow-line Quaker
Agrochola macilenta
73.192 Brick
Agrochola circellaris
73.193 Lunar Underwing
Omphaloscelis lunosa
73.194 Chestnut
Conistra vaccinii
73.195 Dark Chestnut
Conistra ligula
73.202 Grey Shoulder-knot
Lithophane ornitopus
73.206 Blair’s Shoulder-knot
Lithophane leautieri
73.209 Red Sword-grass
Xylena vetusta
73.210 Satellite
Eupsilia transversa
73.216 Dun-bar
Cosmia trapezina
73.219 Centre-barred Sallow
Atethmia centrago
73.221 Suspected
Parastichtis suspecta
73.222 Dingy Shears
Apterogenum ypsillon
73.224 Merveille du Jour
Griposia aprilina
73.225 Brindled Green
Dryobotodes eremita
73.233 Black Rustic
Aporophyla nigra
73.241 Pine Beauty
Panolis flammea
73.242 Clouded Drab
Orthosia incerta
73.244 Common Quaker
Orthosia cerasi
73.245 Small Quaker
Orthosia cruda
73.246 Lead-coloured Drab
Orthosia populeti
73.247 Powdered Quaker
Orthosia gracilis
73.249 Hebrew Character
Orthosia gothica
73.250 Twin-spotted Quaker
Anorthoa munda
73.253 Feathered Gothic
Tholera decimalis
73.254 Antler Moth
Cerapteryx graminis
73.255 Nutmeg
Anarta trifolii
73.257 Beautiful Yellow Underwing
Anarta myrtilli
73.261 Grey Arches
Polia nebulosa
73.264 Pale-shouldered Brocade
Lacanobia thalassina
73.267 Bright-line Brown-eye
Lacanobia oleracea
73.270 Dot Moth
Melanchra persicariae
73.273 Shears
Hada plebeja
73.274 Cabbage Moth
Mamestra brassicae
73.276 Campion
Sideridis rivularis
73.279 Broad-barred White
Hecatera bicolorata
73.281 Lychnis
Hadena bicruris
73.282 Varied Coronet
Hadena compta
73.290 Brown-line Bright-eye
Mythimna conigera
73.291 Common Wainscot
Mythimna pallens
73.293 Smoky Wainscot
Mythimna impura
73.298 Clay
Mythimna ferrago
73.301 Shoulder-striped Wainscot
Leucania comma
73.317 Heart & Dart
Agrotis exclamationis
73.319 Turnip Moth
Agrotis segetum
73.343 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Noctua fimbriata
73.342 Large Yellow Underwing
Noctua pronuba
73.345 Lesser Yellow Underwing
Noctua comes
73.346 Least Yellow Underwing
Noctua interjecta
73.348 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Noctua janthe
73.351 Double Dart
Graphiphora augur
73.352 Green Arches
Anaplectoides prasina
73.353 Dotted Clay
Xestia baja
73.357 Square-spot Rustic
Xestia xanthographa
73.356 Heath Rustic
Xestia agathina
73.358 Six-striped Rustic
Xestia sexstrigata
73.359 Setaceous Hebrew Character
Xestia c-nigrum
73.361 Double Square-spot
Xestia triangulum
73.368 Gothic
Naenia typica
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74 Nolidae
74.003 Short-cloaked Moth
Nola cucullatella
74.004 Least Black Arches
Nola confusalis
74.007 Scarce Silver-lines
Bena bicolorana
74.008 Green Silver-lines
Pseudoips prasinana
74.011 Cream-bordered Green Pea
Earias clorana
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