For help finding individual species see the MOTH INDEX

NOTE: Im not an expert + most of these have been IDd just by flicking through the book + looking at the pictures if anyone notices any that are wrong could you please let me know!! Thanks ... mattslaymaker@hotmail.co.uk

Evergestis forficalis - GARDEN PEBBLE

Evergestis pallidata

Udea ferrugalis - RUSTY DOT PEARL

Pyrausta aurata

Phlyctaenia coronata

Nomphila noctuella - RUSH VENEER

Pleuroptya ruralis - MOTHER OF PEARL

Orthopygia glaucinalis

Pyralis farinalis - MEAL MOTH

Endotricha flammealis

Acrobasis repandana

Yponomeuta evonymella - BIRD CHERRY ERMINE

Euzophera pinguis

Alucita hexadactyla - TWEWNTY-PLUME MOTH

main reference - BRITISH PYRALID MOTHS, B Goater, Harley Books, 1986 + various internet sites

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