Moth of the Week

Each of the following species have featured as the Moth of the Week. The county recorder has provided some additional information about the species, its ecology and local status.

Large Orache Case-bearer (Coleophora adspersella) in resting position © Iain Leach
16/07/2024

MOTW – The Large Orache Case-bearer

Lead Belle Scotopteryx mucronate ©Alan Rodda
13/06/2024

MOTW – The Lead Belle

The Eyed Hawk-moth Smerinthus ocellata ©Alastair Sommerville
05/06/2024

MOTW – The Eyed Hawk-moth

The Scorched Carpet Ligdia adustata ©Peter Norman
10/05/2024

MOTW – The Scorched Carpet

Red-tipped Clearwing Synanthedon formicaeformis ©Iain Leach
20/06/2023

MOTW – The Clearwings

09/01/2023

MOTW – Straw-coloured Tubic Agnoea​ subochreella

01/08/2022

MOTW – Portland Moth

Short-cloaked Moth ©Peter Norman
06/08/2021

MOTW – Short-cloaked Moth

24/06/2021

MOTW – The Forester

Brown-veined Wainscot © Iain Leach
24/06/2021

MOTW – Brown-veined Wainscot

Scarce Bagworm Bankesia consurcatella ©Richard Mearns
20/05/2021

MOTW – Scarce Bagworm Bankesia consurcatella

Early Oak Piercer Pammene giganteana ©Iain Leach
16/04/2021

MOTW – Early Oak Piercer Pammene gianteana

25/07/2020

MOTW – Virgin Bagworm Luffia lapidella f. ferchaultella

Lunar Hornet Moth ©Iain Leach
10/07/2020

MOTW – Lunar Hornet Moth

Fenland Pearl Anania perlucidalis ©Rowena Flavelle
05/07/2020

MOTW – Fenland Pearl Anania perlucidalis

The Forester ©Buzz Clark
20/06/2020

MOTW – The Forester

Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet ©Deirdre Holding
10/05/2020

MOTW – Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet

Early Grey ©Sheila Bird
18/04/2020

MOTW – Early Grey

Common Quaker ©Steve Riddell
10/04/2020

MOTW – Common Quaker

Early Flat-body Semioscopis avellanella ©Iain Leach
04/04/2020

MOTW – Early Flat-body Semioscopis avellanella

Oak Beauty ©Steve Riddell
29/03/2020

MOTW – Oak Beauty

March Moth ©Iain Leach
10/03/2020

MOTW – March Moth

06/03/2020

MOTW – Firethorn Leafminer Phyllonorycter leucographella

Cedestris subfasciella caterpillar in Scots Pine needle ©Ben Smart
06/02/2020

MOTW – Brown Pine Ermel Cedestis subfasciella

23/11/2019

MOTW – Winter Moth

18/11/2019

MOTW – White-banded Pigmy Ectoedemia albifasciella

10/11/2019

MOTW – December Moth

01/11/2019

MOTW – Herald

27/10/2019

MOTW – Satellite

15/10/2019

MOTW – Streak

05/10/2019

MOTW – Box-tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis

28/09/2019

MOTW – Vestal

21/09/2019

MOTW – Merveille du Jour

14/09/2019

MOTW – Black Rustic

07/09/2019

MOTW – Copper Underwing

25/08/2019

MOTW – Devon Carpet

17/08/2019

MOTW – Beech-green Carpet

07/08/2019

MOTW – Bedstraw Hawk-moth

01/08/2019

MOTW – Large Yellow Underwing

19/07/2019

MOTW – Archer’s Dart

12/07/2019

MOTW – Scallop Shell

04/07/2019

MOTW – Pug moths

21/06/2019

MOTW – Thrift Clearwing

07/06/2019

MOTW – Carrion Moth Monopis weaverella

31/05/2019

MOTW – Cocksfoot Moth Glyphipterix simpliciella

25/05/2019

MOTW – Speckled Yellow

16/05/2019

MOTW – Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth

06/05/2019

MOTW – Hebrew Character

30/04/2019

MOTW – Emperor Moth

25/04/2019

MOTW – Scarce Prominent

22/04/2019

MOTW – Orange Underwing

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