
Remember to submit your moth records
Natural HistoryJan and I been trapping moths on and off for a year or three now. And for those of you who don’t know, we have a small garden right in the centre of Southampton. Surrounded by pubs, clubs, street lights and neon. We think we’re doing well if we get half a dozen moth records (or sometimes one moth) – let alone half a dozen species.
Nevertheless, over the weekend we decided to submit our records to the National Moth Recording Scheme. After all, citizen science is made up of millions of individual records. It took a little time, but all our records from our little garden are now adding to the sum of human knowledge about the distribution of moths in the UK.

Willow Beauty – Peribatodes rhomboidaria
And much to our surprise we submitted records for 145 different species. Not earth shattering. I know some moth trappers who wouldn’t be overly surprised to see 145 species from one evening’s trapping. But from our little garden, a little oasis of wild nature in the brick and concrete desert of Bevois Valley, 145 species are records worth knowing about.
If you’ve been making notes of the moths you see in your locality, make sure you submit the records. Every little helps.
NATIONAL MOTH RECORDING SCHEME ONLINE
You can use this system to enter, store, map and analyse your own moth records. You’ll also be able to see what other recorders have observed in your area and around the country, as well as contributing your records automatically to the National Moth Recording Scheme.
Moth records entered online will be passed to the appropriate County Moth Recorders for verification and incorporation into local datasets, before becoming part of the main National Moth Recording Scheme database. So you will not need to send your records separately to County Moth Recorders – the online recording system will do it all for you.
To start moth recording online, simply register here.
These are just a few of the moths we have recorded….
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This is the complete list of micro and macro moths (it shows 146 rather than 145 because of the inclusion of one aggregate as well as the two individual species):
1 | Acleris forsskaleana | Acleris forsskaleana |
2 | Agonopterix alstromeriana | Agonopterix alstromeriana |
3 | Agriphila geniculea | Agriphila geniculea |
4 | Agriphila selasella | Agriphila selasella |
5 | Agriphila straminella | Agriphila straminella |
6 | Amblyptilia acanthadactyla | Amblyptilia acanthadactyla |
7 | Anthophila fabriciana | Anthophila fabriciana |
8 | Apple Leaf Miner | Lyonetia clerkella |
9 | Batia lunaris | Batia lunaris |
10 | Batia unitella | Batia unitella |
11 | Batrachedra praeangusta | Batrachedra praeangusta |
12 | Bee Moth | Aphomia sociella |
13 | Blastobasis adustella | Blastobasis adustella |
14 | Bramble Shoot Moth | Epiblema uddmanniana |
15 | Brown House Moth | Hofmannophila pseudospretella |
16 | Bryotropha domestica | Bryotropha domestica |
17 | Bud Moth | Spilonota ocellana |
18 | Caloptilia rufipennella | Caloptilia rufipennella |
19 | Caloptilia syringella | Caloptilia syringella |
20 | Catoptria falsella | Catoptria falsella |
21 | Celypha lacunana | Celypha lacunana |
22 | Cochylis hybridella | Cochylis hybridella |
23 | Codling Moth | Cydia pomonella |
24 | Crambus lathoniellus | Crambus lathoniellus |
25 | Cydia splendana | Cydia splendana |
26 | Diamond-back Moth | Plutella xylostella |
27 | Diurnea fagella | Diurnea fagella |
28 | Donacaula forficella | Donacaula forficella |
29 | Emmelina monodactyla | Emmelina monodactyla |
30 | Endothenia marginana | Endothenia marginana |
31 | Endotricha flammealis | Endotricha flammealis |
32 | Ephestia unicolorella | Ephestia unicolorella |
33 | Eudonia angustea | Eudonia angustea |
34 | Eudonia delunella | Eudonia delunella |
35 | Eudonia mercurella | Eudonia mercurella |
36 | Flax Tortrix | Cnephasia asseclana |
37 | Garden Grass-veneer | Chrysoteuchia culmella |
38 | Gypsonoma dealbana | Gypsonoma dealbana |
39 | Large Clover Case-bearer | Coleophora trifolii |
40 | Light Brown Apple Moth | Epiphyas postvittana |
41 | Lozotaenia forsterana | Lozotaenia forsterana |
42 | Mompha raschkiella | Mompha raschkiella |
43 | Mother of Pearl | Pleuroptya ruralis |
44 | Ochsenheimeria urella | Ochsenheimeria urella |
45 | Oegoconia sp. | Oegoconia sp. |
46 | Pammene aurita | Pammene aurita |
47 | Pammene fasciana | Pammene fasciana |
48 | Pammene regiana | Pammene regiana |
49 | Parornix anglicella | Parornix anglicella |
50 | Phlyctaenia coronata | Phlyctaenia coronata |
51 | Phycita roborella | Phycita roborella |
52 | Platyptilia calodactyla | Platyptilia calodactyla |
53 | Plum Fruit Moth | Grapholita funebrana |
54 | Pyrausta aurata | Pyrausta aurata |
55 | Red-barred Tortrix | Ditula angustiorana |
56 | Rusty-dot Pearl | Udea ferrugalis |
57 | Scoparia ambigualis | Scoparia ambigualis |
58 | Scoparia pyralella | Scoparia pyralella |
59 | Stenoptilia pterodactyla | Stenoptilia pterodactyla |
60 | Synaphe punctalis | Synaphe punctalis |
61 | Tachystola acroxantha | Tachystola acroxantha |
62 | Udea fulvalis | Udea fulvalis |
63 | Variegated Golden Tortrix | Archips xylosteana |
64 | Wax Moth | Galleria mellonella |
65 | White-shouldered House Moth | Endrosis sarcitrella |
66 | Ypsolopha ustella | Ypsolopha ustella |
67 | Angle Shades | Phlogophora meticulosa |
68 | August Thorn | Ennomos quercinaria |
69 | Beaded Chestnut | Agrochola lychnidis |
70 | Bright-line Brown-eye | Lacanobia oleracea |
71 | Brimstone Moth | Opisthograptis luteolata |
72 | Brindled Pug | Eupithecia abbreviata |
73 | Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing | Noctua fimbriata |
74 | Brown-tail | Euproctis chrysorrhoea |
75 | Bryophila domestica | Bryophila domestica |
76 | Buff Ermine | Spilosoma luteum |
77 | Caradrina clavipalpis | Caradrina clavipalpis |
78 | Cinnabar | Tyria jacobaeae |
79 | Clay Triple-lines | Cyclophora linearia |
80 | Cloaked Minor | Mesoligia furuncula |
81 | Common Carpet | Epirrhoe alternata |
82 | Common Footman | Eilema lurideola |
83 | Common Marbled Carpet | Dysstroma truncata |
84 | Common Pug | Eupithecia vulgata |
85 | Common Rustic | Mesapamea secalis |
86 | Common Wainscot | Mythimna pallens |
87 | Common Wave | Cabera exanthemata |
88 | Copper Underwing | Amphipyra pyramidea |
89 | Dark Arches | Apamea monoglypha |
90 | Dark Sword-grass | Agrotis ipsilon |
91 | Dot Moth | Melanchra persicariae |
92 | Double Square-spot | Xestia triangulum |
93 | Double-striped Pug | Gymnoscelis rufifasciata |
94 | Dusky Brocade | Apamea remissa |
95 | Dwarf Cream Wave | Idaea fuscovenosa |
96 | Early Grey | Xylocampa areola |
97 | Flame Shoulder | Ochropleura plecta |
98 | Garden Carpet | Xanthorhoe fluctuata |
99 | Garden Dart | Euxoa nigricans |
100 | Garden Tiger | Arctia caja |
101 | Grey Pug | Eupithecia subfuscata |
102 | Heart and Dart | Agrotis exclamationis |
103 | Lackey | Malacosoma neustria |
104 | L-album Wainscot | Mythimna l-album |
105 | Large Yellow Underwing | Noctua pronuba |
106 | Least Yellow Underwing | Noctua interjecta |
107 | Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing | Noctua janthe |
108 | Lesser Treble-bar | Aplocera efformata |
109 | Lesser Yellow Underwing | Noctua comes |
110 | Lime-speck Pug | Eupithecia centaureata |
111 | Lunar Yellow Underwing | Noctua orbona |
112 | Magpie Moth | Abraxas grossulariata |
113 | Maiden’s Blush | Cyclophora punctaria |
114 | Marbled Minor | Oligia strigilis |
115 | Mullein Wave | Scopula marginepunctata |
116 | Old Lady | Mormo maura |
117 | Orange Swift | Hepialus sylvina |
118 | Phoenix | Eulithis prunata |
119 | Plain Wave | Idaea straminata |
120 | Riband Wave | Idaea aversata |
121 | Rustic | Hoplodrina blanda |
122 | Setaceous Hebrew Character | Xestia c-nigrum |
123 | Shears | Hada plebeja |
124 | Shuttle-shaped Dart | Agrotis puta |
125 | Silver Y | Autographa gamma |
126 | Single-dotted Wave | Idaea dimidiata |
127 | Small Dotted Buff | Photedes minima |
128 | Small Dusty Wave | Idaea seriata |
129 | Small Mottled Willow | Spodoptera exigua |
130 | Small Square-spot | Diarsia rubi |
131 | Snout | Hypena proboscidalis |
132 | Square Spot | Paradarisa consonaria |
133 | Square-spot Rustic | Xestia xanthographa |
134 | Swallow-tailed Moth | Ourapteryx sambucaria |
135 | Tawny Speckled Pug | Eupithecia icterata |
136 | Treble-bar | Aplocera plagiata |
137 | Treble Lines | Charanyca trigrammica |
138 | Turnip Moth | Agrotis segetum |
139 | Twin-spot Carpet | Perizoma didymata |
140 | Uncertain | Hoplodrina alsines |
141 | Uncertain/Rustic agg. | Hoplodrina alsines/blanda |
142 | Vapourer | Orgyia antiqua |
143 | Vine’s Rustic | Hoplodrina ambigua |
144 | Willow Beauty | Peribatodes rhomboidaria |
145 | Yellow-barred Brindle | Acasis viretata |
146 | Yellow Shell | Camptogramma bilineata |