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) |