Family: Noctuidae

A large family of generally large moths, well represented by species in the garden. This includes the Large Yellow Underwing which is perhaps our most common macro moth.

This family also includes Angle Shades, which was the first moth we ever recorded in the garden and which encouraged us to purchase a moth trap.

The Spectacle – Abrostola tripartita
Sycamore Moth – Acronicta aceris
Miller Moth – Acronicta leporina
Poplar Grey – Acronicta megacephala
Grey Dagger/Dark Dagger – Acronicta psi / A.tridens
Knot Grass Moth – Acronicta rumicis
Heart and Club – Agrotis clavis
Heart and Dart – Agrotis exclamationis
Shuttle Shaped Dart – Agrotis puta puta
Turnip Moth – Agrotis segetum
Copper Underwing – Amphipyra pyramidea
Green Arches – Anaplectoides prasina
Clouded Brindle – Apamea epomidion
Light Arches – Apamea lithoxylaea
Dark Arches – Apamea monoglypha
Slender Brindle – Apamea scolopacina
Rustic Shoulder-knot – Apamea sordens
Silver Y – Autographa gamma
Plain Golden Y – Autographa jota
The Flame – Axylia putris
Pale Mottled Willow – Caradrina clavipalpis
Treble Lines – Charanyca trigrammica
Nut-tree Tussock – Colocasia coryli
Dun-bar – Cosmia trapezina
Marbled Beauty – Cryphia domestica
Marbled Green – Cryphia muralis
Burnished Brass – Diachrysia chrysitis
Ingrailed Clay – Diarsia mendica
Lychnis Moth – Hadena bicruris
Small Ranunculus – Hecatera dysodea
Vine’s Rustic – Hoplodrina ambigua
The Rustic – Hoplodrina blanda
The Uncertain – Hoplodrina octogenaria
The Snout – Hypena proboscidalis
Bright-line Brown-eye – Lacanobia oleracea
Blair’s Shoulder-knot – Lithophane leautieri
Cabbage Moth – Mamestra brassicae
Dot Moth – Melanchra persicariae
Common Rustic – Mesapamea secalis
Cloaked Minor – Mesoligia furuncula
Clay – Mythimna ferrago
Smoky Wainscot – Mythimna impura
Lesser Yellow Underwing – Noctua comes
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing – Noctua fimbriata
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing – Noctua janthe
Large Yellow Underwing – Noctua pronuba
Flame Shoulder – Ochropleura placta
Middle-barred Minor – Oligia fasciuncula
Tawny Marbled Minor – Oligia latruncula
Marbled Minor – Oligia strigilis
Rufous Minor – Oligia versicolor
Common Quaker – Orthosia cerasi
Small Quaker – Orthosia cruda
Hebrew Character – Orthosia gothica
Clouded Drab – Orthosia incerta
Twin-spotted Quaker – Perigrapha munda
Angle Shades – Phlogophora meticulosa
Straw Underwing – Thalpophila matura
Hedge Rustic – Tholera cespitis
Setaceous Hebrew Character – Xestia c-nigrum)
Square-spot Rustic – Xestia xanthographa
Early Grey – Xylocampa areola
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