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The Micro Moths of Rushcliffe

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Micro-moth Gallery

Recorder: Martin Gray
Send your micro moth records to Martin Gray
martingray36@btinternet.com
07724 620085

Source: Various, principally my own garden trapping plus excursions alone to Keyworth Meadow or with with Graham and Anona Finch to Cotgrave Forest and Wilwell Cutting with Craig Howat. Additional species from 2010 Bioblitz, Rushcliffe CP and Jerry Clough (JC)

Bold figures in the comments are an approximate summation of all individuals recorded in the garden trap 2003 to 2024. Although the macro totals are fairly consistent, my effort in identifying the micros varied over the years. The easier ones (pyralids mainly) should offer a good reflection of what gets into my garden trap but the rest are a bit hit and miss because of the time it takes for a thorough examination.

Thoroughly revised February 2025


ABH number Species English Name Location Comments
4.045 Stigmella aurella Golden Dot Keyworth
7.001 Nemophora degeerella Yellow-banded Longhorn Colston Bassett, Tollerton Park
8.003 Incurvaria oehlmanniella Purple-tinged Cutter Keyworth 1
10.003 Coptotriche marginea Bramble Blotch-miner Keyworth 1
12.032 Tinea semifulvella Orange-tipped Nest Moth Langar Reared from Barn Owl pellets
12.033 Tinea trinotella Triple-spotted Nest Moth Keyworth 18
12.039 Monopis crocicapitella Pale-backed Detritus Moth Keyworth 2
15.004 Caloptilia elongella Alder Stilt Keyworth
15.005 Caloptilia betulicola Birch Stilt Keyworth 1
15.006 Caloptilia rufipennella Rufous Stilt Keyworth 1
15.008 Caloptilia alchimella Oak Stilt Keyworth, Cotgrave Forest 1
15.010 Caloptilia stigmatella Willow Stilt Keyworth 2
15.012 Caloptilia semifascia Maple Stilt Keyworth 1
15.014 Caloptilia syringella Garden Stilt Keyworth 12
15.015 Aspilapteryx tringipennella Ribworth Stilt Keyworth 3
15.025-033 Parornix agg. Keyworth
15.053 Phyllonorycter leucographella Firethorn Leaf-miner Rushcliffe CP (bioblitz)
15.063 Phyllonorycter maestingella Beech Leaf-miner Rushcliffe CP (bioblitz)
15.079 Phyllonorycter stettinensis Lesser Alder Leaf-miner Rushcliffe CP bioblitz)
15.089 Cameraria ohridella Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner Keyworth, Tollerton Park NB. Evidence throughout in autumn 8
16.001 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird Cherry Ermine Keyworth 29
16.002/16.003 Yponomeuta padella/malinellus Orchard/Apple Ermine Keyworth 281
16.004 Yponomeuta cagnagella Spindle Ermine Keyworth
16.005 Yponomeuta rorrella Willow Ermine Keyworth 1
16.015 Swammerdammia caesiella Birch Drab Keyworth 5
16.017 Swammerdammia pyrella Copper-fringed Drab Keyworth 6
16.020 Paraswammerdamia nebulella Hawthorn Drab Keyworth 5
16.024 Ocnerostoma friesei Plain Needle-miner Cotgrave Forest
17.003 Ypsolopha dentella Honeysuckle Moth Keyworth 40
17.005 Ypsolopha scabrella Tufted Scallop Keyworth 8
17.009 Ypsolopha sylvella Long-barred Ochre Cotgrave Forest
17.010 Ypsolopha parenthesella White-shouldered Ochre Cotgrave Forest
17.012 Ypsolopha sequella Pied Rabbit Moth Keyworth 5
18.001 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth Keyworth, Cotgrave Forest 63
18.003 Plutella porrectella Streaked Diamond-back Keyworth 1
19.007 Glyphipterix simpliciella Cocksfoot Moth Cotgrave Forest
19.011 Acrolepiopsis assectella Leek Moth Keyworth 3
20.001 Argyresthia laevigatella Larch Tip Keyworth 1
20.005 Argyresthia trifasciata Triple-barred Tip Moth Keyworth, Cotgrave Forest 35
20.012 Argyresthia geodartella Brassy Y Keyworth 40
20.018 Argyresthia spinosella Blackthorn Tip Moth Keyworth 2
20.020 Argyresthia semifusca Purple-washed Tip Moth Keyworth 1
20.021 Argyresthia pruniella Cherry Fruit Moth Keyworth 1
21.001 Lyonetia clerkella Apple Leaf-miner Keyworth 27
22.002 Prays fraxinella? Ash Bud Moth Keyworth 6
22.003 Prays ruficeps Cryptic Ash-bud moth Keyworth 3
25.001 Scythropia crataegella Hawthorn Moth Keyworth 4
28.009 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth Keyworth 184
28.010 Hoffmanophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth Keyworth 334
28.012 Borkhausenia fuscescens Dingy Concealer Keyworth 1
28.014 Crassa unitella Brown Bark Moth Keyworth 1
28.015 Batia lunaris Lesser Tawny Crescent Keyworth 1
28.019 Esperia sulphurella Sulphur Bark Moth Keyworth 6
28.024 Tachystola acroxantha Australian Orange-tip Keyworth, Cotgrave Forest 9
29.001 Diurnia fagella Early Reveller Keyworth, CotgraveForest 16
31.001 Carcina quercana Oak Longhorn Keyworth, Keyworth Meadow 37
32.002 Semioscopis steinkellneriana Black-marked Diviner Cotgrave Forest
32.017 Agonopterix arenella Brindled Buff Cotgrave Forest, Keyworth 5
32.018 Agonopterix heracliana Common Brindled Brown Keyworth 4
32.031 Agonopterix alstromeriana Hemlock Moth Cotgrave Forest, Keyworth 11
35.019 Anarsia innoxiella Maple Snout Keyworth 1
35.038 Bryotropha domestica House Moss-moth Keyworth 1
35.040 Bryotropha terrella Brown Moss-moth Keyworth 1
35.045 Bryotropha basaltinella Dark-spotted Moss-moth Keyworth 1
35.123 Scrobipalpa costella Bittersweet Moth Keyworth 1
35.141 Teleiodes vulgella Black-spotted Grey Keyworth 7
35.143 Teleiodes luculella White Crescent Cotgrave Forest
38.004 Elachista argentella Silver Grass-miner Rushcliffe CP
38.025 Elachista atricomella Cock’s-foot Miner Keyworth 1
39.001 Blastodacna hellerella Hawthorn Berry Moth Keyworth 18
39.003 Spuleria flavicaput Yellow Cap Keyworth - Lings Lane (JC)
40.004 Mompha propinquella White-headed Mompha Keyworth 5
40.008 Mompha subistrigella Garden Mompha Keyworth, Cotgrave Forest 2
41.002 Blastobasis adustella Common Masoner Cotgrave Forest
41.003 Blastobasis lacticolella Long Pale Masoner Keyworth, Cotgrave Forest 5
42.002 Stathmopoda pedella Alder Signaller Keyworth 2
44.001 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth Keyworth 103
45.004 Platyptilia gonodactyla Triangle Plume Keyworth, Cotgrave Forest 13
45.008 Gillmeria pallidactyla Yarrow Plume CotgraveCP
45.010 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla Beautiful Plume Keyworth 63
45.023 Marasmarcha lunaedactyla Crescent Plume RuddingtonCP (bioblitz)
45.030 Pterophorus pentadactyla White Plume Keyworth 9
45.044 Emmelina monodactyla Common Plume Keyworth 322
48.001 Anthophila fabriciana Nettle-tap Keyworth, Keyworth Meadow, The Hook, Cotgrave Forest, Cotgrace CP
48.007 Choreutis pariana Apple-leaf Skeletoniser Gotham
49.004 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix Keyworth 98
49.009 Capua vulgana Pale-shouldered Tortrix Cotgrave Forest
49.013 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Keyworth 22
49.015 Archips xylosteana Variegated Golden Tortrix Keyworth 1
49.024 Pandemis corylana Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Keyworth, Cotgrave Forest 11
49.025 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix Keyworth 25
49.026 Pandemis heparana Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Keyworth, Wilwell Cutting 13
49.028 Syndemis musculana Dark-barred Tortrix Keyworth, Cotgrave Forest 19
49.029 Lozotaenia forsterana Large Ivy Tortrix Keyworth, Wilwell Cutting 162
49.030 Cacaecimorpha pronubana Carnation Tortrix Keyworth 1
49.031 Aphelia paleana Timothy Tortrix Keyworth, Keyworth Meadow
49.037 Clepsis spectrana Cyclamen Tortrix Keyworth 1
49.038 Clepsis consimilana Rufous Tortrix Keyworth 87
49.039 Epiphyas postvittana Light-brown Apple Moth Keyworth, Cotgrave Forest 1901
49.040 Lozotaenoides formosana Orange Pine Tortrix Keyworth, Cotgrave Forest 85
49.044 Tortricodes alternella Spring Harbinger Keyworth
49.049/057 Cnephasia (incertana/stephensiana) Keyworth 3
49.059 Tortrix viridana Green Oak Tortrix Keyworth, Wilwell Cutting 48
49.060 Aliemma loeflingiana Yellow Oak Tortrix Keyworth 10
49.061 Acleris holmiana White-marked Tortrix Keyworth 3
49.062 Acleris forsskaleana Netted Tortrix Keyworth 24
49.065 Acleris comariana Strawberry Tortrix Keyworth 4
49.069 Acleris sparsana Lead-coloured Tortrix Keyworth 3
49.071 Acleris emargana Scalloped Tortrix Keyworth 1
49.073 Acleris schalleriana Viburnum Tortrix Keyworth 4
49.076 Acleris cristana Tufted Tortrix Keyworth 1
49.077 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix Keyworth 166
49.080 Acleris hastiana Varied Tortrix Keyworth 7
49.083/084 Acleris ferrugana/notana Tawny Oak/Tawny Birch Tortrix Cotgrave Forest
49.091 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana Yellow-spotted Tortrix Keyworth 256
49.095 Ptheochroa rugosana Rugged Bryony Beauty Keyworth 3
49.097 Cochylimorpha straminea Common Straw Keyworth 2
49.109 Agapeta hamana Garden Straw Keyworth, CotgraveCP ,Wilwell Cutting, Keyworth Meadow 31
49.110 Agapeta zoegana Bright Straw Keyworth, Wilwell Cutting 4
49.120 Aethes smeathmanniana Common Marbled Straw Keyworth 1
49.128 Aethes rubigana Burdock Straw Keyworth 1
49.134 Cochylis roseana Rosy Straw Keyworth, 1
49.139 Cochylis atricapitana Black-fronted Straw Keyworth 1
49.144 Eudemis profundana Oak Marble Keyworth 3
49.150 Apotomis betuletana Birch Marble Cotgrave Forest
49.156 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix Keyworth 19
49.157 Hedya pruniana Plum Tortrix Keyworth 8
49.158 Hedya ochroleucana Buff-tipped Marble Keyworth 7
49.161 Celypha striana Barred Marble Keyworth 63
49.166 Celypha lacunana Common Marble Cotgrave Forest, Keyworth
49.184 Lobesia reliquana Wood Marble Cotgrave Forest
49.186 Endothenia gentianeana Teasel Marble Keyworth Meadow, Gotham
49.200 Enarmonia formosana Cherry-bark Tortrix Keyworth 1
49.214 Ancylis badiana Meadow Hook-wing Keyworth 5
49.215 Ancylis achatana Hedge Hook-wing Keyworth 16
49.216 Ancylis mitterbacheriana Amber Hook-wing Cotgrave Forest
49.224 Spilonota ocellana Bud Moth Keyworth 1
49.248 Epinotia tenerana Nut-bud Moth Keyworth 1
49.249 Epinotia ramella Black-marked Tortrix Keyworth 5
49.253 Epinotia fraternana Silver-barred Tortrix Keyworth 1
49.254 Epinotia bilunana Crescent Tortrix Keyworth 7
49.255 Epinotia nisella Brindled Poplar Tortrix Cotgrave Forest
49.265 Eucosma cana Hoary Tortrix Keyworth 1
49.275 Eucosma conterminana Lettuce Tortrix Keyworth 1
49.288 Epiblemma foenella White-foot Moth Keyworth 2
49.292 Notocelia cynosbatella Black Cloak Keyworth, Cotgrave Forest 27
49.294 Notocelia uddmanniana Bramble Shoot Moth Keyworth 31
49.297 Notocelia rosaecolana Rose Shoot Moth Keyworth 1
49.298 Notocelia trimaculana Hawthorn Shoot Moth Keyworth 2
49.305 Rhyacionia buoliana Pine Shoot Moth Keyworth 1
49.306 Rhyacionia pinicolana Smooth Pine Shoot Moth Keyworth 5
49.307 Rhyacionia pinivorana Spotted Shoot Moth Keyworth 1
49.320 Dichrorampha alpinana Orange-spot Daisy Moth Keyworth 1
49.332 Cydia coniferana Pine Bark Moth Keyworth 1
49.338 Cydia pomonella Codling Moth Keyworth 9
49.339 Cydia servillana Sallow Gall Moth Keyworth 1
49.341 Cydia splendana Marbled Piercer Keyworth 4
49.354 Grapholita jungiella Beautiful Crescent Rushcliffe CP
49.367 Pammene fasciana Acorn Piercer Keyworth 3
49.376 Pammene aurita Tawny Sycamore Piercer Keyworth 1
62.001 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth Keyworth 167
62.006 Galleria mellonella Wax Moth Keyworth 14
62.028 Dioryctria abietella Pine Knot-horn Keyworth 1
62.029 Phycita roborella Oak Knot-horn Keyworth 1
62.034 Acrobasis repandana Beautiful Oak Knot-horn Keyworth 1
62.035 Acrobasis advenella Hawthorn Knot-horn Keyworth, Cotgrave Forest, Keyworth Meadow 12
62.038 Acrobasis consociella Grey Oak Knot-horn Keyworth 3
62.042 Myelois circumvoluta Thistle Ermine Keyworth 11
62.048 Euzophera pinguis Ash-bark Knot-horn Keyworth 54
62.054 Homeosoma sinuella Twin-barred Knot-horn Rushcliffe CP
62.058 Phycitodes binaevella Spotted Knot-horn Keyworth 2
62.065 Ephestia woodiella Blushed Knot-horn Keyworth 1
62.072 Pyralis farinalis Meal Moth Keyworth 23
62.074 Aglossa pinguinalis Large Tabby Keyworth 5
62.075 Hypsopygia costalis Gold Triangle Keyworth 146
62.076 Hypsopygia glaucinalis Double-striped Tabby Keyworth 21
62.077 Endotricha flammealis Rosy Tabby Keyworth 75
63.006 Pyrausta aurata Mint Moth Keyworth 178
63.007 Pyrausta purpuralis Common Purple and Gold Keyworth 8
63.018 Anania coronata Elder Pearl Keyworth 211
63.025 Anania hortulata Small Magpie Keyworth, Wilwell Cutting 325
63.031 Udea ferrugalis Rusty Dot Pearl Keyworth 9
63.033 Udea lutealis Pale Straw Pearl Keyworth, Keyworth Meadow 10
63.034 Udea prunalis Dusky Pearl Keyworth 45
63.037 Udea olivalis Garden Pearl Keyworth 152
63.038 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl Keyworth, Cotgrave Forest, Wilwell Cutting, Keyworth Meadow, OldWood 315
63.048 Palpita vitrealis Olive-tree Pearl Keyworth 8 1st recorded 2024
63.052 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer Keyworth, Gotham 8
63.054 Cydalima perspectalis Box-tree Moth Keyworth 43 1st recorded 2021
63.057 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble Keyworth 44
63.060 Evergestis pallidata Chequered Pearl Keyworth, Keyworth Meadow 1
63.062 Scoparia subfusca Large Grey Keyworth 1
63.064 Scoparia ambigualis Common Grey Keyworth 13
63.067 Eudonia lacustrata Tawny Grey Keyworth 159
63.069 Eudonia angustea Narrow-winged Grey Keyworth 45
63.073 Eudonia truncicolella Peppered Grey Keyworth 1
63.074 Eudonia mercurella Garden Grey Keyworth 140
63.075 Eudonia pallida Pallid Grey Keyworth 1
63.077 Chilo phragmitella Reed Veneer Keyworth 2
63.080 Crysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-moth Keyworth, Cotgrave Forest, Wilwell Cutting, Keyworth Meadow 990
63.081 Crambus pascuella White-banded Grass-moth Keyworth 611
63.086 Crambus lathoniellus Meadow Grass-moth Keyworth, CotgraveForest 17
63.088 Crambus perlella Satin Grass-moth Keyworth, Wilwell Cutting 120
63.089 Agriphila tristella Common Grass-moth Keyworth, Cotgrave Forest, Keyworth Meadow 323
63.090 Agriphila inquinatella Barred Grass-moth Keyworth 1
63.093 Agriphila straminella Straw Grass-moth Keyworth, Cotgrave Forest 100
63.095 Agriphila geniculea Chevron Grass-moth Keyworth, Cotgrave Forest 738
63.102 Catoptria falsella Chequered Grass-moth Keyworth, Cotgrave Forest 18
63.114 Elophila nymphaeata Brown China Mark Keyworth 5
63.115 Acentria ephemerella Water Veneer Keyworth, Keyworth Meadow 226
63.116 Cataclysta lemnata Small China Mark Keyworth 2
63.117 Paraponyx stratiotata Ringed China Mark Keyworth 21
63.120  Schoenobius gigantella Giant Water Veneer Keyworth 1
63.121 Donacaula forficella Pale Water-veneer RushcliffeCP (bioblitz)