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Butterflies and moths

1,321 species

Cypress Pug

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
1,035
Scientific name
Eupithecia phoeniceata

Larch hawk moth

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,008
Scientific name
Sphinx pinastri

Purple Thorn

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,008
Scientific name
Selenia tetralunaria

Speckled Yellow

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,004
Scientific name
Pseudopanthera macularia

Common Lutestring

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,003
Scientific name
Ochropacha duplaris

Brindled Green

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
991
Scientific name
Dryobotodes eremita

Eyed Hawk-moth

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
990
Scientific name
Smerinthus ocellata

Clover Cutworm

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
984
Scientific name
Anarta trifolii

Lackey

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
980
Scientific name
Malacosoma neustria

Scorched Carpet

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
966
Scientific name
Ligdia adustata

Marbled Minor

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
962
Scientific name
Oligia strigilis

Dark Spectacle

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
958
Scientific name
Abrostola triplasia

Bordered Carl

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
942
Scientific name
Coptotriche marginea

Figure of Eighty

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
942
Scientific name
Tethea ocularis

Streamer

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
941
Scientific name
Anticlea derivata

White Plume Moth

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
929
Scientific name
Pterophorus pentadactyla

Sallow Kitten

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
928
Scientific name
Furcula furcula

Mother Shipton

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
926
Scientific name
Callistege mi

Small Dotted Buff

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
922
Scientific name
Photedes minima

Meadow Grey

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
920
Scientific name
Scoparia pyralella

House Groundling

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
905
Scientific name
Bryotropha domestica

Campion

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
904
Scientific name
Sideridis rivularis

August Thorn

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
903
Scientific name
Ennomos quercinaria

Common Flat-body

Peak month
March
Records since 2000
895
Scientific name
Agonopterix heracliana

Freyer's Pug Moth

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
892
Scientific name
Eupithecia intricata

Lunar Underwing

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
881
Scientific name
Agrochola lunosa

Brindled Flat-body

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
878
Scientific name
Agonopterix arenella

Marbled Brown

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
877
Scientific name
Drymonia dodonaea

Sycamore [moth]

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
877
Scientific name
Acronicta aceris

Early Tooth-striped

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
868
Scientific name
Trichopteryx carpinata

Barred Grass-veneer

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
863
Scientific name
Agriphila inquinatella

Scalloped Hook-tip

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
861
Scientific name
Falcaria lacertinaria

Orchard Ermine

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
860
Scientific name
Yponomeuta padella

Mullein [moth]

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
854
Scientific name
Cucullia verbasci

May Highflyer

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
850
Scientific name
Hydriomena impluviata

Grey Arches

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
845
Scientific name
Polia nebulosa

Firethorn Leaf Miner

Peak month
October
Records since 2000
842
Scientific name
Phyllonorycter leucographella