Moths 2026

2026

New moths for my Life list are in red, plus dates for firsts for year

April

#1      19/04/26      28.009 BF648        White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella

#2      28/04/26      28.010 BF647        Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella

#3      27/04/26      28.024 BF656        Ruddy Streak Tachystola acroxantha

#4      25/04/26      35.033 BF808        Mallow Seed Moth Platyedra subcinerea

#5      17/04/26      35.123 BF819        Bittersweet Moth Scrobipalpa costella

#6      16/04/26      45.044 BF1524      Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla

#7      17/04/26      49.039 BF998        Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

#8      16/04/26      63.031 BF1395      Rusty Dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis

#9      25/04/26      63.069 BF1342      Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea

#10    28/04/26      65.007 BF1651      Chinese Character Cilix glaucata

#11    27/04/26      70.036 BF1680      Maiden's Blush Cyclophora punctaria

#12    28/04/26      70.049 BF1728      Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata

#13    25/04/26      70.141 BF1862      Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

#14    19/04/26      70.142 BF1858      V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata

#15    16/04/26      70.226 BF1906      Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata

#16    26/04/26      70.294 BF1968      Yellow Belle Aspitates ochrearia

#17    17/04/26      72.022 BF2063      Muslin Moth Diaphora mendica

#18    19/04/26      73.015 BF2441      Silver Y Autographa gamma

#19    17/04/26      73.069 BF2243      Early Grey Xylocampa areola

#20    17/04/26      73.087 BF2385      Small Mottled Willow Spodoptera exigua

#21    16/04/26      73.244 BF2187      Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi

#22    17/04/26      73.247 BF2186      Powdered Quaker Orthosia gracilis

#23    27/04/26      73.286 BF2167      Tawny Shears Hadena perplexa

#24    28/04/26      73.325 BF2092      Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta

#25    28/04/26      73.329 BF2102      Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta

#26    19/04/26      73.336 BF2139      Red Chestnut Cerastis rubricosa

#27    17/04/26      73.359 BF2126      Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum

First for the year in April         - 27

Total Lifers this year stands at -  5 (Running total)

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May

#28    01/05/26      03.002 BF17          Common Swift Korscheltellus lupulina

#29    23/05/26      14.002 BF266        Daisy Tuft Bucculatrix nigricomella

#30    20/05/26      15.014 BF293        Common Slender Gracillaria syringella (Wakeham Meadow)

#31    01/05/26      18.001 BF464        Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella

#32    06/05/26      19.007 BF391        Cocksfoot Moth Glyphipterix simpliciella (Sweethill Farm)

#33    04/05/26      20.007 BF409b      Cypress Tip Argyresthia cupressella

#34    04/05/26      38.025 BF597        Cock's-foot Miner  Elachista atricomella

#35    01/05/26      44.001 BF1288      Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla

#36    23/05/26      49.028 BF986        Dark-barred Tortrix Syndemis musculana

#37    23/05/26      49.138 BF964a      Ox-tongue Conch Neocochylis molliculana

#38    18/05/26      49.139 BF966        Black-headed Conch Cochylis atricapitana

#39    26/05/26      49.185 BF1109      Shore Marble Lobesia littoralis

#40    04/05/26      49.240 BF1136      Birch Tortrix Epinotia immundana

#41    01/05/26      49.292 BF1174      Yellow-faced Bell Notocelia cynosbatella

#42    23/05/26      49.313 BF1279      Common Daisy Moth Dichrorampha acuminatana

#43    23/05/26      62.029 BF1452      Oak Knot-horn Phycita roborella

#44    21/05/26      63.057 BF1356      Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis

#45    23/05/26      63.075 BF1336      Pallid Grey Eudonia pallida

#46    23/05/26      66.008 BF1638      Fox Moth Macrothylacia rubi

#47    23/05/26      69.015 BF1990      Striped Hawk-moth Hyles livornica 

#48    26/05/26      69.017 BF1992      Small Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila porcellus

#49    26/05/26      70.008 BF1707      Small Dusty Wave Idaea seriata

#50    26/05/26      70.009 BF1709      Satin Wave Idaea subsericeata

#51    23/05/26      70.017 BF1714      Portland Ribbon Wave Idaea degeneraria

#52    21/05/26      70.023 BF1689      Mullein Wave Scopula marginepunctata

#53    16/05/26      70.097 BF1764      Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata

#54    26/05/26      70.144 BF1860      Green Pug Pasiphila rectangulata

#55    08/05/26      70.183 BF1834      Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata

#56    01/05/26      70.257 BF1936      Waved Umber Menophra abruptaria

#57    01/05/26      70.258 BF1937      Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria

#58    04/05/26      70.280 BF1958      Clouded Silver Lomographa temerata

#59    12/05/26      70.283 BF1961      Light Emerald Campaea margaritaria

#60    21/05/26      71.020 BF2011      Pale Prominent Pterostoma palpina

#61    05/05/26      72.015 BF2028      Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda

#62    21/05/26      72.019 BF2061      Buff Ermine Spilosoma lutea

#63    26/05/26      72.027 BF2058      Cream-spot Tiger Arctia villica

#64    11/05/26      73.099 BF2384      Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua

#65    01/05/26      73.101 BF2380      Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica

#66    23/05/26      73.102 BF2302      Brown Rustic Rusina ferruginea

#67    09/05/26      73.158 BF2334      Rustic Shoulder-knot Apamea sordens

#68    21/05/26      73.162 BF2321      Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha

#69    05/05/26      73.173 BF2337      Marbled Minor agg. Oligia strigilis agg.

#70    04/05/26      73.267 BF2160      Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea

#71    16/05/26      73.274 BF2154      Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae

#72    09/05/26      73.297 BF2194      White-point Mythimna albipuncta

#73    15/05/26      73.317 BF2089      Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis

#74    18/05/26      73.319 BF2087      Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum

#75    01/05/26      73.327 BF2091      Dark Sword-grass Agrotis ipsilon

#76    23/05/26      73.342 BF2107      Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba

#77    01/05/26      74.004 BF2078      Least Black Arches Nola confusalis

#78    26/05/26                                     Paraswammerdamia/Swammerdamia sp.

First for the year in May          - 51

Total Lifers this year stands at - 25 (Running total)

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June

#79      25/06/26      16.001 BF424        Bird-cherry Ermine Yponomeuta evonymella

#80      25/06/26      20.021 BF420        Cherry Fruit Moth Argyresthia pruniella

#81      25/06/26      35.058 BF726        Knapweed Seedhead Moth Metzneria metzneriella

#82      08/06/26      40.008 BF892        Garden Mompha Mompha subbistrigella

#83      25/06/26      41.002 BF873        Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella

#84      25/06/26      44.001 BF1288      Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla

#85      25/06/26      45.010 BF1497      Beautiful Plume Amblyptilia acanthadactyla

#86      25/06/26      45.023 BF1495      Crescent Plume Marasmarcha lunaedactyla

#87      25/06/26      45.028 BF1494      Wood-sage Plume Capperia britanniodactylus

#88      25/06/26      49.038 BF994        Rufous Tortrix Clepsis consimilana

#89      25/06/26      49.091 BF1011      Yellow-spotted Tortrix Pseudargyrotoza conwagana

#90      02/06/26      49.123 BF951        Hemlock Yellow Conch Aethes beatricella

#91      01/06/26      49.161 BF1063      Barred Marble Celypha striana

#92      11/06/26      49.166 BF1076      Common Marble Celypha lacunana  (Maiden Castle)

#93      25/06/26      49.224 BF1205      Bud Moth Spilonota ocellana

#94      25/06/26      49.234 BF1150      Brown Elm Tortrix Epinotia abbreviana

#95      02/06/26      49.261 BF1157      Tree-mallow Tortrix Crocidosema plebejana

#96      25/06/26      49.283 BF1167      White Cloaked Tortrix Gypsonoma aceriana

#97      20/06/26      49.296 BF1179      Scarce Rose Shoot Moth Notocelia incarnatana

#98      14/06/26      49.338 BF1261      Codling Moth Cydia pomonella

#99      14/06/26      49.357 BF1247      Plum Fruit Moth Grapholita funebrana

#100    20/06/26      49.375 BF1234      Regal Piercer Pammene regiana

#101    14/06/26      62.001 BF1428      Bee Moth Aphomia sociella

#102    25/06/26      62.063 BF1475      Mediterranean Flour Moth Ephestia kuehniella

#103    08/06/26      62.065 BF1474      Blushed Knot-horn Ephestia woodiella

#104    25/06/26      62.077 BF1424      Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis

#105    08/06/26      63.025 BF1376      Small Magpie Anania hortulata

#106    14/06/26      63.040 BF1397      Madder Pearl Mecyna asinalis

#107    25/06/26      63.067 BF1338      Little Grey Eudonia lacustrata

#108    25/06/26      63.071 BF1341      Coast Grey Eudonia lineola

#109    14/06/26      63.074 BF1344      Small Grey Eudonia mercurella

#110    14/06/26      63.080 BF1293      Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella

#111    25/06/26      63.095 BF1309      Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer Agriphila geniculea

#112    14/06/26      66.003 BF1634      The Lackey Malacosoma neustria

#113    25/06/26      70.004 BF1699      Least Carpet Idaea rusticata

#114    08/06/26      70.016 BF1713      Riband Wave Idaea aversata

#115    14/06/26      70.024 BF1690      Small Blood-vein Scopula imitaria

#116    01/06/26      70.025 BF1692      Lesser Cream Wave Scopula immutata

#117    25/06/26      70.047 BF1720      The Gem Nycterosea obstipata

#118    25/06/26      70.114 BF1876      Small Yellow Wave Hydrelia flammeolaria

#119    10/06/26      70.146 BF1813      Haworth's Pug Eupithecia haworthiata

#120    08/06/26      70.205 BF1884      The Magpie Abraxas grossulariata

#121    16/06/26      70.207 BF1887      Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata (Higher Hyde Heath Nature Reserve)

#122    25/06/26      70.227 BF1907      Bordered Beauty Epione repandaria

#123    25/06/26      70.243 BF1922      Swallow-tailed Moth Ourapteryx sambucaria

#124    25/06/26      70.277 BF1955      Common White Wave Cabera pusaria

#125    25/06/26      70.305 BF1669      Common Emerald Hemithea aestivaria

#126    25/06/26      72.012 BF2029      Brown-tail Euproctis chrysorrhoea

#127    25/06/26      72.029 BF2068      Scarlet Tiger Callimorpha dominula

#128    25/06/26      72.036 BF2038      Muslin Footman Nudaria mundana

#129    25/06/26      72.045 BF2050      Common Footman Eilema lurideola

#130    01/06/26      72.049 BF2043      Orange Footman Eilema sororcula

#131    14/06/26      73.001 BF2450      The Spectacle Abrostola tripartita 

#132    08/06/26      73.003 BF2432      Ni Moth Trichoplusia ni

#133    25/06/26      73.031 BF2465      Four-spotted Tyta luctuosa

#134    20/06/26      73.070 BF2399      Bordered Sallow Pyrrhia umbra

#135    10/06/26      73.092 BF2387      Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus

#136    10/06/26      73.163 BF2322      Light Arches Apamea lithoxylaea

#137    25/06/26      73.172 BF2341      Cloaked Minor Mesoligia furuncula

#138    20/06/26      73.216 BF2318      The Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina

#139    10/06/26      73.291 BF2199      Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens

#140    14/06/26      73.293 BF2198      Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura

#141    02/06/26      73.295 BF2195      The Delicate Mythimna vitellina

#142    01/06/26      73.300 BF2202      L-album Wainscot Mythimna l-album

#143    20/06/26      73.320 BF2088      Heart & Club Agrotis clavis

#144    02/05/26      73.328 BF2098      The Flame Axylia putris

#145    25/06/26                                     Yponomeuta sp.

#146    25/06/26                                     Cinnamon Knot-horn Ancylosis cinnamomella / Western                                                                                                       Thyme Knot-horn Delplanqueia dilutella

#147     25/06/26                                    Thicket Knot-horn Acrobasis suavella / Hawthorn Knot-horn                                                                                                 Acrobasis advenella

First for the year in June          -  69

Total Lifers this year stands at -  52 (Running total)

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July

#148    10/07/26      12.037 BF228      Carrion Moth Monopis weaverella

#149    30/07/26      12.039 BF230      Pale-backed Detritus Moth Monopis crocicapitella

#150    18/07/26      16.005 BF428      Willow Ermine Yponomeuta rorrella

#151    18/07/26      28.008 BF642a    Italian Bark Moth Metalampra italica
#152    30/07/26      34.009 BF896b    Pellitory Beauty Cosmopterix pulchrimella

#153    10/07/26      35.010 BF843      Vetch Moth Aproaerema anthyllidella

#154    18/07/26      41.003 BF874      Wakely's Dowd Blastobasis lacticolella
#155    10/07/26      45.004 BF1501    Triangle Plume Platyptilia gonodactyla
#156    10/07/26      49.062 BF1036    Maple Button Acleris forsskaleana
#157    30/07/26      49.077 BF1048    Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana

#158    10/07/26      49.128 BF946      Burdock Straw Aethes rubigana
#159    10/07/26      49.134 BF962      Rosy Conch Cochylis roseana

#160    30/07/26      49.269 BF1197    Marbled Bell Eucosma campoliliana

#161    18/07/26      49.341 BF1260    Marbled Piercer Cydia splendana

#162    18/07/26      49.376 BF1233    Sycamore Piercer Pammene aurita
#163    10/07/26      62.021 BF1441    Rosy Knot-horn Oncocera semirubella
#164    10/07/26      62.023 BF1442    Heather Knot-horn Pempelia palumbella
#165    30/07/26      62.032 BF1465    Spindle Knot-horn Nephopterix angustella

#166    10/07/26      62.042 BF1458    Thistle Ermine Myelois circumvoluta

#167    30/07/26      62.057 BF1485    Coast Knot-horn Phycitodes maritima

#168    18/07/26      62.058 BF1483    Spotted Knot-horn Phycitodes binaevella
#169    10/07/26      62.077 BF1424    Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis

#170    18/07/26      63.006 BF1361    Mint Moth Pyrausta aurata
#171    10/07/26      63.018 BF1378    Spotted Magpie Anania coronata
#172    10/07/26      63.034 BF1390    Dusky Pearl Udea prunalis

#173    30/07/26      63.048 BF1408    Olive-tree Pearl Palpita vitrealis

#174    30/07/26      63.052 BF1398    Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella

#175    18/07/26      63.093 BF1304    Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella

#176    18/07/26      70.006 BF1705    Dwarf Cream Wave Idaea fuscovenosa
#177    10/07/26      70.011 BF1708    Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata
#178    10/07/26      70.015 BF1712    Small Scallop Idaea emarginata

#179    18/07/26      70.126 BF1781    Small Waved Umber Horisme vitalbata

#180    30/07/26      70.134 BF1804    Barred Rivulet Perizoma bifaciata

#181    30/07/26      70.152 BF1855a  Channel Islands Pug Eupithecia ultimaria

#182    10/07/26      70.173 BF1825    Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata

#183    30/07/26      70.200 BF1883    Yellow-barred Brindle Acasis viretata

#184    30/07/26      70.235 BF1914    Dusky Thorn Ennomos fuscantaria

#185    18/07/26      72.017 BF2026    The Vapourer Orgyia antiqua
#186    30/07/26      72.024 BF2064    Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa

#187    10/07/26      72.026 BF2057    Garden Tiger Arctia caja

#188    18/07/26      72.030 BF2067    Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria
#189    10/07/26      72.035 BF2037    Rosy Footman Miltochrista miniata
#190    10/07/26      72.041 BF2051    Four-spotted Footman Lithosia quadra
#191    10/07/26      72.044 BF2044    Dingy Footman Eilema griseola

#192    10/07/26      72.046 BF2047    Scarce Footman Eilema complana

#193    18/07/26      73.022 BF2439    Gold Spot Plusia festucae

#194    10/07/26      73.045 BF2289    Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis

#195    10/07/26      73.085 BF2295    Marbled Green Nyctobrya muralis

#196    18/07/26      73.096 BF2381    The Uncertain Hoplodrina octogenaria

#197    10/07/26      73.097 BF2382    The Rustic Hoplodrina blanda
#198    10/07/26      73.120 BF2352    Dusky Sallow Eremobia ochroleuca

#199    18/07/26      73.128 BF2360    Ear Moth Amphipoea oculea
#200    10/07/26      73.137 BF2377    Fen Wainscot Arenostola phragmitidis

#201    18/07/26      73.169 BF2343    Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis
#202    30/07/26      73.281 BF2173    The Lychnis Hadena bicruris

#203    10/07/26      73.298 BF2193    The Clay Mythimna ferrago

#204    18/07/26      73.303 BF2206    Devonshire Wainscot Leucania putrescens

#205    18/07/26      73.343 BF2110    Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua fimbriata
#206    10/07/26      73.346 BF2112    Least Yellow Underwing Noctua interjecta
#207    10/07/26      73.348 BF2111    Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe

#208    18/07/26      73.357 BF2134   Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa

#209    10/07/26                                  Moth sp.

First for the year in July           -  62

Total Lifers this year stands at -  76 (Running total)

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August

#210    22/08/26      3.001 BF15           Orange Swift Triodia sylvina

#211    22/08/26      21.001 BF263       Apple Leaf Miner Lyonetia clerkella

#212    16/08/26      32.031 BF695       Hemlock Moth Agonopterix alstromeriana

#213    16/08/26      35.060 BF730       Dark Seedhead Moth Apodia martinii

#214    06/08/26      45.03  BF1513      White Plume Moth Pterophorus pentadactyla

#215    16/08/26      49.120 BF947       Common Marbled Straw Aethes smeathmanniana

#216    22/08/26      49.136 BF965       White-fronted Straw Neocochylis hybridella

#217    06/08/26      62.059 BF1484     Lesser Clouded Knot-horn Phycitodes saxicola

#218    22/08/26      62.064 BF1473     Cacao Moth Ephestia elutella

#219    06/08/26      63.005 BF1365     Straw-barred Pearl Pyrausta despicata

#220    16/08/26      63.056 BF1359     Starry Pearl Cynaeda dentalis

#221    22/08/26      63.089 BF1305     Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella

#222    22/08/26      63.095 BF1309     Elbow-striped Grass-veneer Agriphila geniculea

#223    22/08/26      63.109 BF1323     Rolled Grass-moth Pediasia contaminella

#224    22/08/26      69.01 BF1984       Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum

#225    06/08/26      70.15  BF1816      Toadflax Pug Eupithecia linariata

#226    22/08/26      70.179 BF1830     Wormwood Pug Eupithecia absinthiata

#227    16/08/26      70.192 BF1867     Treble-bar Aplocera plagiata

#228    16/08/26      70.241 BF1921     Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria

#229    16/08/26      72.073 BF2408     Small Marbled Eublemma parva

#230    16/08/26      73.082 BF2292     Tree-lichen Beauty Cryphia algae

#231    22/08/26      73.095 BF2389     Pale Mottled Willow Caradrina clavipalpis

#232    06/08/26      73.131 BF2353     Flounced Rustic Luperina testacea

#233    22/08/26      73.235 BF2255     Feathered Ranunculus Polymixis lichenea

#234    16/08/26                                    Coleophora sp.

#235    22/08/26                                    Caloptilia sp. 

First for the year in August           -  26

Total Lifers this year stands at      -  88 (Running total)

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September

#236    19/09/26      49.03 BF985         Carnation Tortrix Cacoecimorpha pronubana

#237    20/09/26      49.243 BF1135     Birch Bell Epinotia demarniana

#238    06/09/26      63.054 BF1409a   Box-tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis

#239    11/09/26      63.072 BF1343     Pied Grey Eudonia delunella

#240    06/09/26      70.038 BF1716     The Vestal Rhodometra sacraria

#241    20/09/26      70.043 BF1731     Chalk Carpet Scotopteryx bipunctaria

#242    20/09/26      70.061 BF1738     Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata*

#243    06/09/26      70.256 BF1935     Mottled Umber Erannis defoliaria

#244    06/09/26      70.302 BF1673     Small Emerald Hemistola chrysoprasaria

#245    20/09/26      73.093 BF2387a   Clancy's Rustic Caradrina kadenii

#246    06/09/26      73.109 BF2303     Straw Underwing Thalpophila matura

#247    19/09/26      73.193 BF2270     Lunar Underwing Anchoscelis lunosa

#248    11/09/26      73.345 BF2109     Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes

First for the year in September      - 13

Total Lifers this year stands at      -  92 (Running total)

Garden firsts this year              -   244

All moths recorded this year    -   248

Note:

All moths listed above were trapped in my Wakeham garden. Those recorded elsewhere will have the location attached.