Moths
Moths and butterflies make up the insect order of Lepidoptera. Although butterflies tend to be active during the day and moths at night, this is by no means a general rule, and some moths are as large as most butterflies. One reliable difference between the two groups is that butterflies have thin antennae and (with a few exceptions) have small balls or clubs at the end of their antennae. Moth antennae are usually feathery with no ball on the end.
Many moths are small, and those with wingspans of less than 20mm are often called 'micro' moths to distinguish them from their larger 'macro' bretheren.
If you would like to see what they look like, go to the website of the National Biodiversity Network and type the Binomial name of the species into the 'Search for Taxa' box. Or simply use Google search.
Logging species is an important aspect of our work in Ely Wildspace. If you would like to find out more please visit our page on Biological Recording
Binomial name | Common name |
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Macro moths | |
Acronicta aceris | Sycamore |
Acronicta leporina | Miller |
Acronicta megacephala | Poplar Grey |
Acronicta psi | Grey Dagger |
Agrotis exclamationis | Heart and Dart |
Alcis repandata repandata | Mottled Beauty |
Apamea lithoxylaea | Light Arches |
Apamea monoglypha | Dark Arches |
Autographa gamma | Silver Y |
Axylia putris | Flame |
Biston betularia | Peppered Moth |
Camptogramma bilineata bilineata | Yellow Shell |
Cidaria fulvata | Barred Yellow |
Crocallis elinguaria | Scalloped Oak |
Cryphia muralis muralis | Marbled Beauty |
Cybosia mesomella | Four-dotted Footman |
Deilephila elpenor | Elephant Hawkmoth |
Deilephila porcellus | Small Elephant Hawkmoth |
Diachrysia chrysitis | Burnished Brass |
Eilema complana | Scarce Footman |
Eilema lurideola | Common Footman |
Eupithecia centaureata | Lime-speck Pug |
Euproctis chrysorrhoea | Brown-tail |
Habrosyne pyritoides | Buff Arches |
Hemithea aestivaria | Common Emerald |
Hepialus humuli humuli | Ghost Moth |
Hoplodrina alsines | Uncertain |
Hoplodrina blanda | Rustic |
Hypena proboscidalis | Snout |
Idaea aversata | Riband Wave |
Idaea dimidiata | Single-dotted Wave |
Lacanobia oleracea | Bright-line Brown-eye |
Laothoe populi | Poplar Hawkmoth |
Laspeyria flexula | Beautiful Hook-tip |
Leucoma salicis | White Satin Moth |
Lomaspilis marginata | Clouded Border |
Lomographa temerata | Clouded Silver |
Melanchra persicariae | Dot Moth |
Mythimna ferrago | Clay |
Mythimna impura | Smoky Wainscot |
Mythimna pallens | Common Wainscot |
Noctua pronuba | Large Yellow Underwing |
Nudaria mundana | Muslin Footman |
Ochropleura plecta | Flame Shoulder |
Oligia sp. | Marbled Minor agg |
Opisthograptis luteolata | Brimstone Moth |
Ourapteryx sambucaria | Swallow-tailed Moth |
Pasiphila rectangulata | Green Pug |
Peribatodes rhomboidaria | Willow Beauty |
Phalera bucephala | Buff-tip |
Pheosia tremula | Swallow Prominent |
Plemyria rubiginata rubiginata | Blue-bordered Carpet |
Pterostoma palpina | Pale Prominent |
Rivula sericealis | Straw Dot |
Smerinthus ocellata | Eyed Hawkmoth |
Spilosoma luteum | Buff Ermine |
Tethea ocularis octogesimea | Figure of Eighty |
Thyatira batis | Peach Blossom |
Timandra comae | Blood-vein |
Tyria jacobaeae | Cinnabar |
Xanthorhoe fluctuata | Garden Carpet |
Xestia triangulum | Double Square-spot |
Zanclognatha tarsipennalis | Fanfoot |
Zygaena filipendulae | Six-spot Burnet |
Micro moths | |
Agapeta hamana | Hook-marked Straw Moth |
Anania hortulata | Small Magpie |
Aphomia sociella | Bee Moth |
Calamotropha paduella | Bulrush Veneer |
Celypha lacunana | Common Marble |
Celypha striana | Barred Marble |
Chrysoteuchia culmella | Garden Grass-veneer |
Cnephasia sp. | Shade sp. |
Coleophora discordella | Lotus Case-bearer |
Crambus pascuella | Grass-veneer |
Crassa unitella | Golden-brown Tubic |
Cydia pomonella | Codling Moth |
Elophilia nymphaeata | Brown China-mark |
Notocelia uddmanniana | Bramble Shoot Moth |
Pandemis heparana | Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix |
Scoparia sp. | Grey sp. |