Home and Away: My First Hawk-moth This Year.

With daytime temperatures in the high teens on Portland, I decided to place the moth trap further down the garden in a more open area surrounded by the Cherry Tree, Buddleia and a lots of garden plants. And boy did it pay off with some interesting moths, which you can see below. In total I had 64 moths of 29 species, which included 7 new moths for my Port & Wey moth list.

Key
*First for year
**New for P&W moth list

2026 Moth List Here.
P&W Moths now stands at: 273

Moths recorded:

#1 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana x5

#2 Mallow Seed Moth Platyedra subcinerea x4

#3 **Portland Ribbon Wave Idaea degeneraria x4

#4 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella x3

#5 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata x1

#6 Yellow-faced Bell Notocelia cynosbatella x5

#7 *Ox-tongue Conch Neocochylis molliculana x2

#8 Valerian Pug Eupithecia valerianata x1

#9 Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua x4

#10 **Pallid Grey Eudonia pallida x3

#11 Common Swift Korscheltellus lupulina x5

#12 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis x3

#13 *Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba x1

#14 **Oak Knot-horn Phycita roborella x1

#15 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta x3

#16 Small Mottled Willow Spodoptera exigua x1

#17 Black-headed Conch Cochylis atricapitana x2

#18 **Striped Hawk-moth Hyles livornica x1

#19 **Fox Moth Macrothylacia rubi x1

#20 *Common Daisy Moth Dichrorampha acuminatana x1

#21 Clouded Silver Lomographa temerata x1

#22 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria x4

#23 Muslin Moth Diaphora mendica x1

#24 **Daisy Tuft Bucculatrix nigricomella x1

#25 White-point Mythimna albipuncta x1

#26 *Dark-barred Tortrix Syndemis musculana x1

#27 Rusty Dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis x2

#28 **Brown Rustic Rusina ferruginea x1

#29 Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica x1

#1 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

#1 Another Light Brown Apple Moth

#2 Mallow Seed Moth Platyedra subcinerea

#2 Another Mallow Seed Moth

#3 **Portland Ribbon Wave Idaea degeneraria

#3 Another **Portland Ribbon Wave

#4 Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella

#4 Diamond-back Moth

#5 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata

#6 Yellow-faced Bell Notocelia cynosbatella

#7 *Ox-tongue Conch Neocochylis molliculana. AKA Tawny-fronted Straw. This moth was first discovered in Britain at Portland in 1993.

#8 A Valerian Pug Eupithecia valerianata.

#9 Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua

#10 **Pallid Grey Eudonia pallida

#11 Common Swift Korscheltellus lupulina

#11 Another Common Swift

#12 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis

#13 *Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba

#14 **Oak Knot-horn Phycita roborella

#14 **Oak Knot-horn

#15 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta

#16 Small Mottled Willow Spodoptera exigua AKA Beet Armyworm

#17 Black-headed Conch Cochylis atricapitana

#18 **Striped Hawk-moth Hyles livornica

#18 **Striped Hawk-moth

#19 **Fox Moth Macrothylacia rubi

#19 **Fox Moth

#20 *Common Daisy Moth Dichrorampha acuminatana AKA Sharp-winged Drill

#21 Clouded Silver Lomographa temerata

#22 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria

#22 Another Willow Beauty

#22 And another Willow Beauty

#23 Muslin Moth Diaphora mendica

#24 **Daisy Tuft Bucculatrix nigricomella

#25 White-point Mythimna albipuncta

#26 *Dark-barred Tortrix Syndemis musculana

#26 *Dark-barred Tortrix

#27 Rusty Dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis

#27 Another Rusty Dot Pearl

#28 **Brown Rustic Rusina ferruginea

#29 Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica

More on:

#3 Portland Ribbon Wave Idaea degeneraria here and some very interesting facts here
#10 Pallid Grey Eudonia pallida here and here.
#14 Oak Knot-horn Phycita roborella here and here.
#18 Striped Hawk-moth Hyles livornica here and here.
#19 Fox Moth Macrothylacia rubi here and here.
#24 Daisy Tuft Bucculatrix nigricomella here and here.
#28 Brown Rustic Rusina ferruginea here and here.