DAY-FLYING MOTHS  (many fly by day and night) English common names shown where available; where not, scientific names shown.

Hummingbird Hawk-moth
Hummingbird
Hawk-moth

Whooper swan
Narrow-bordered
5-spot Burnet

 Bewick swan
6-spot Burnet		 Burnet Companion
Burnet Companion		 Mother Shipton Moth
Mother Shipton		 Chimney Sweeper Moth
Chimney Sweeper
Cinnabar Moth
Cinnabar		 Cream-spot Tiger moth
Cream-spot Tiger		 Jersey Tiger moth
Jersey Tiger		 Ruby Tiger moth
Ruby Tiger		 Crimson Speckled footman moth
Crimson Speckled		 Middle-barred Minor Moth
Middle-barred Minor
Green Oak Roller Tortrix
Green Oak Roller		 Silver Y Moth
Silver Y		 Essex Y Moth
Essex Y		 Mint Moth aurata
Mint Moth - Golden		 Mint Moth purple
Mint Moth - Purple		 Latticed Heath Moth
Latticed Heath
Shaded Broad-bar Moth
Shaded Broad-bar		 Straw Dot moth
Straw Dot		 Nettle-tap moth
Nettle-tap		 Vapourer moth
Vapourer		 Fairy Moth Green Longhorn
Green Longhorn Fairy		 Fairy Moth nemo
Fairy Moth
Esperia sulphurella
Esperia sulphurella		 Timothy Tortrix
Timothy Tortrix		 Pea moth
Pea Moth
 Hymenia recurvalis moth
Hawaiian Beet Webworm		 grey day-flying
  		Argyresthia goedartella
Argyresthia goedartella 

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 NIGHT-FLYING MOTHS  (mainly night-flying but can be disturbed in the day)

Elephant Hawk-moth
Elephant Hawk-moth		 Elephant Hawk Moth
Elephant Hawk-moth		 Poplar Hawk-moth
Poplar Hawk-moth		 Merveille du jour
Merveille du jour		 Lime Hawk-moth
Lime Hawk-moth		 July High Flier moth
July High Flier		 Puss Moth
Puss Moth
Dusky Thorn moth
Dusky Thorn		 Canary-shouldered Thorn moth
Canary-shouldered Thorn		 Death's-head Hawk-moth
Death's-head Hawk-moth		 Brimstone moth
Brimstone		 Peach Blossom moth
Peach Blossom		 Garden Tiger moth
Garden Tiger		 Scalloped Oak
Scalloped Oak
Scarce Silver-lines moth
Scarce Silver-lines		 Small Magpie moth
Small Magpie		 Swallow-tailed Moth
Swallow-tailed		 Blotched Emerald moth
Blotched Emerald		 Twenty Plume moth
20 Plume		 Pink-barred Sallow moth
Pink-barred Sallow		 Eyed Hawk-moth
Eyed Hawk-moth
Buff-tip moth
Buff Tip		 Angle Shades moth
Angle Shades		 Green Silver-lines moth
Green Silver-lines		 Swallow Prominent moth
Swallow Prominent		 Pale Tussock moth
Pale Tussock		 Old Lady moth
Old Lady		 Privet Hawk-moth
Privet Hawk-moth
White Ermine moth
White Ermine		 Buff Ermine moth
Buff Ermine		 Barred Yellow moth
Barred Yellow		 Ghost Moth female
Ghost Moth (f)		 Orange Swift moth
Orange Swift		 Common Swift moth male
Common Swift (m)		 Common Swift moth female
Common Swift (f)
Yellow Shell moth
Yellow Shell		 Yellow Shell moth
Yellow Shell		 Pine Hawk-moth
Pine Hawk-moth		 Common Emerald moth
Common Emerald		 Light Emerald moth
Light Emerald		 Light Emerald moth
Light Emerald		 Grass Emerald moth
Grass Emerald - faded
Light Arches moth
Light Arches		 Buff Arches moth
Buff Arches		 Dark Arches moth
Dark Arches		 Black Arches moth
Black Arches		 Kent Black Arches moth
Kent Black Arches		 White Satin moth
White Satin 		 Large Emerald moth
  Large Emerald
The Flame moth
The Flame		 Lesser Swallow Prominent moth
Lsr. Swallow Prominent		 Pale Prominent Moth
Pale Prominent		 Frosted Orange moth
Frosted Orange		 Yellow-tail moth
Yellow-tail 		 Figure of Eight moth
Figure of Eight		 Figure of Eighty moth
Figure of Eighty
Large Ranunculus moth
Large Ranunculus		 Small Ranunculus moth
Small Ranunculus		 The Sallow moth - form 1
The Sallow - form 1		 The Sallow moth - form 2
The Sallow - form 2		 Centre-barred Sallow moth
Centre-barred Sallow		 The Snout moth
The Snout		 The Snout moth
The Snout 
Large Yellow Underwing moth
Large Yellow Underwing		 Large Yellow Underwing
Large Yellow Underwing		 Lesser Yellow Underwing moth
Lesser Yellow U'wing

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing moth      Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

 Copper Underwing moth
Copper Underwing		 Lunar Underwing moth
Lunar Underwing
Red Underwing moth
Red Underwing		 Red Underwing moth
Red Underwing 		 Straw Underwing moth
Straw Underwing 		 Straw Underwing
Straw Underwing 		 Bordered Straw moth
Bordered Straw 		 Flame Shoulder moth
Flame Shoulder 		 Lunar-spotted Pinion moth
Lunar-spotted Pinion
Marbled White Spot moth
Marbled White Spot 		 Mother of Pearl moth
Mother of Pearl		 Mother of Pearl moth
Mother of Pearl		 Setaceous Hebrew Character moth
Setaceous Hebrew Ch.		 Peppered Moth
Peppered		 Brown China Mark moth
Brown China Mark 		 Crowned Phlyctaenia moth
Crowned Phlyctaenia  
Oak Hook-tip moth male
Oak Hook-tip (m)		 Oak Hook-tip moth female
Oak Hook-tip (f)		 Beautiful Hook-tip moth
Beautiful Hook-tip		 Pebble Hook-tip moth
Pebble Hook-tip 		 Willow Beauty antennae
Willow Beauty		 Willow Beauty moth
Willow Beauty		 Mottled Beauty moth
Mottled Beauty
Feathered Thorn moth
Feathered Thorn		 The Brick moth
The Brick		 Marbled Beauty moth - green
Marbled Beauty - green		 Marbled Beauty moth - grey
Marbled Beauty - grey		 Blood Vein moth
Blood Vein 		 Maiden's Blush moth
Maiden's Blush 		 Brown Silver-line moth
Brown Silver-line
Common Rustic moth
Common Rustic		 Common Rustic
Common Rustic		 Lesser Common Rustic moth
Lesser Common Rustic		 Square-spot Rustic moth
Square-spot Rustic		 Square-spot Rustic
Square-spot Rustic		 Small Square-spot moth
Small Square-spot		 Double Square-spot moth
Double Square-spot 
Vine's Rustic moth
Vine's Rustic		 Brown Rustic moth
Brown Rustic		 The Uncertain moth
The Uncertain		 Six-striped Rustic moth
Six-striped Rustic		 Heart and Dart moth
Heart and Dart		 Heart and Club moth
Heart and Club		 Shuttle-shaped Dart moth
Shuttle-shaped Dart 
Smokey Wainscot moth
Smokey Wainscot		 Common Wainscot moth
Common Wainscot		 Shoulder-striped Wainscot moth
Shoulder-striped W'scot		 Small Wainscot moth
Small Wainscot 		 The Delicate moth
The Delicate
 moth

 moth
   
Lesser Treble-bar moth
Lesser Treble-bar 		 Treble-bar moth
Treble-bar		 Treble Lines moth
Treble Lines
 Oak Lutestring moth
Oak Lutestring
 Poplar Grey moth
Poplar Grey		 Bright-line Brown-eye moth
Bright-line Brown-eye 		 The Nutmeg moth
 The Nutmeg 
The Clay moth
 The Clay		 Ingrailed Clay moth
 Ingrailed Clay 		 Ingrailed Clay moth
 Ingrailed Clay  		 The Blackneck moth
The Blackneck 		 Pale Brindled Beauty
Pale Brindled Beauty		 Brindled Green moth
Brindled Green		 Green-brindled Crescent moth
Green-brindled Crescent
Garden Carpet moth
Garden Carpet		 Common Carpet moth
Common Carpet		 Green Carpet moth
Green Carpet		 Green Carpet moth - faded
Green Carpet - faded		 Common Marbled Carpet moth
Common Marbled Carpet		 Common Marbled Carpet pink
Common Marbled Carpet		 Common Marbled Carpet dark
Common Marbled Carpet
Red-green Carpet moth
Red-green Carpet		 Blue-bordered Carpet moth
Blue-bordered Carpet		 Spruce Carpet moth
Spruce Carpet		 Grey Pine Carpet moth
Grey Pine Carpet		 Grey Pine Carpet moth 2
Grey Pine Carpet		 x Carpet moth
Autumn Green Carpet		 Small Phoenix moth
Small Phoenix
Least Carpet moth
Least Carpet		 Common Wave moth
Common Wave		 Common White Wave moth
Common White Wave		 Clouded Silver moth
Clouded Silver		 Ribband Wave moth - form 1
Riband Wave - form 1		 Ribband Wave - form 1
Riband Wave - form 1		 Ribband Wave moth - form 2
Riband Wave - form 2
Waved Umber moth
Waved Umber		 Small Fan-footed Wave moth
Small Fan-footed Wave		 Small Dusty Wave moth
Small Dusty Wave		 Mullein Wave moth
Mullein Wave		 Treble Brown Spot moth
Treble Brown Spot
 Single-dotted Wave moth
Single-dotted wave		 moth
 wave?
Mottled Umber moth
Mottled Umber		 November Moth?November Moth Winter Moth
Winter Moth		 The Fan-foot moth
The Fan-foot		 Small Fan-foot moth
Small Fan-foot		 Dun-bar moth
Dun-bar		 Knot Grass moth
Knot Grass 
Common Quaker moth
Common Quaker		 Mouse Moth
Mouse Moth		 Small Dotted Buff moth
Small Dotted Buff		 scale-less moth
 		 Leopard moth
  Leopard Moth
  
 
The Vestal moth
The Vestal 		  Oak Nycteoline moth
Oak Nycteoline		 Short-cloaked moth
Short-cloaked Moth 		  Cloaked Minor moth
Cloaked Minor		  Tawny Marbled Minor moth
Tawny Marbled Minor		  Marbled Minor moth
Marbled Minor		 Dingy Shears moth
Dingy Shears
Wax Moth
Wax Moth 		 Indian Meal Moth
Indian Meal Moth 		 Meal Moth
 Meal Moth 		 Endotrichia flammealis moth
Endotricha flammealis		 female Bee Moth
 Bee Moth (f)		 male Bee Moth
 Bee Moth (m) 		 Dingy Shell moth
Dingy Shell 
Spindle Ermine moth
Spindle Ermine		 Bird-cherry Ermine
Bird-cherry Ermine		 Scarce Footman moth
Scarce Footman		 Common Footman moth
Common Footman		 Dingy Footman moth
Dingy Footman		 Buff Footman moth
Buff Footman		 Orange Footman moth
Orange Footman 
White Plume moth
White Plume		 light brown plume moths
Plume - light brown		 Emmelina and other grey plume moths
Plume - grey		 amblyptilia and other dark plume moths
Plume - brown/dark		 Rusty Dot Pearl moth
Rusty Dot Pearl		 udea olivalis moth
Udea Olivalis		 orthopygia glaucinalis moth
Orthopygia glaucinalis
Double-striped Pug moth
Double-striped Pug		 Mottled Pug moth
Mottled Pug		 Grey Pug moth
Grey Pug		 Common Pug moth
Common Pug		 Green Pug moth
Green Pug		 moth
 		 Pug moth
  other Pugs
chrysoteuchia crambid moth
Common Grass Moth		 Common Grass Moth crambid
Agriphila straminella		 Chrysoteuchia culmella grass moth
Chrysoteuchia culmella		 Crambus lathoniellus grass moth
Crambus lathoniellus		 Crambus perlella grass moth
Crambus perlella		 agriphila geniculea grass moth
Agriphila geniculea		 agriphila tristella grass moth
Agriphila tristella
crambid grass moth
 		 crambid grass moth
 

crambid grass moth      crambid grass moth      crambid grass moth
various crambid moths/ grass moths/ grass veneers

 crambid grass moth
 		 crambid grass moth
 
Brown grey scoparia moth
Brown Grey		 scoparia pyralella moth
Scoparia Pyralella		 Dipleurina lacustrata moth
Dipleurina lacustrata		 Agapeta hamana moth
Agapeta hamana		 Carcina quercana moth
Carcina quercana		 Dark Strawberry Tortrix - Celypha lacunana
 Dark Strawberry Tortrix		 Isotrias rectifasciana moth
Isotrias rectifasciana
Green Oak Tortrix moth
 Green Oak Tortrix		 Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix
Chequered Fruit-tree T.		 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix
Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix		 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix
Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix		 Lozotaenia fosterana Tortrix
Lozotaenia fosterana		 Light Brown Apple Moth female
Lt Brown Apple Moth (f)		 Light Brown Apple Moth male
Lt Brown Apple Moth (m)
Rhomboid Tortrix moth
Rhomboid Tortrix		 Acleris laterana moth
Acleris laterana		 Acleris ferrugana moth
Acleris ferrugana		 tortrix moth
 		 tortrix moth poss acleris notana
Acleris notana?		 Carnation Tortrix
Carnation Tortrix		 Variegated Golden Tortrix
Variegated Golden T.
Plum Tortrix moth
Plum Tortrix		 Tortrix Gypsonoma sociana
 Gypsonoma sociana		 Apotomis betuletana Tortrix
Apotomis betuletana		 Aleimma loeflingiana moth
Aleimma loeflingiana		 moth
 Bactra lancealana		 Cochylimorpha straminea moth
Cochylimorpha straminea
 Bramble Shoot moth
Bramble Shoot
Eudemis profundana moth
Eudemis profundana		 Ptycholoma lecheana moth
Ptycholoma lecheana 		 tortrix moth
other tortrix moths		 Water Veneer moth
Water Veneer		 Syncopacma larseniella moth
Syncopacma larseniella		 grass moth 3
  		grass moth 2
  
rusty moth
    		 moth
day-flying?		 Mompha epilobiella moth
Mompha epilobiella		 Mompha subbistrigella moth
Mompha subbistrigella		 Triaxomera parasitella moth
Triaxomera parasitella		 Blastobasis adjustella moth
Blastobasis adjustella		 moth 3
 
Clothes Moth
Clothes Moth		 Brown House Moth
Brown House-moth		 White-shouldered House Moth
White-shouldered H-moth 		 Borkhausenia fuscescens moth
Borkhausenia fuscescens		 Monopis obviella moth
 Monopis obviella		 Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner moth
 Horse Chestnut Leaf M. 		 Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae moth
Phyllonorycter oxyacan.
Diamond-back moth 2
Diamond-back		 Diamond-back Moth
Diamond-back		 Calybites phasianipennella moth
Calybites phasianipennella		 Luquetia lobella moth
Luquetia lobella		 small brown moth
 		 small brown moth
  		 various leaf miner moths
 various leaf miners