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Moths recorded in April 2011 and 2012

Recorded flying in my garden or the surrounding woods and fields, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. Thumbnail images are not to scale.
Noctuidae      Micro-moths

Emperor Moth, Saturnia pavonia Scalloped Hook-tip, Falcaria lacertinaria March Moth, Alsophila aescularia Flame Carpet, Xanthorhoe designata Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet, Xanthorhoe ferrugata Water Carpet, Lampropteryx suffumata Striped twin-spot Carpet Small Phoenix, Ecliptopera silaceata Red-green Carpet, Chloroclysta siterata Autumn Green Carpet, Chloroclysta miata Spruce Carpet, Therea britannica Broken-barred Carpet, Electrophaes corylata Mottled Grey, Colostygia multistrigaria Ruddy Highflyer, Hydriomena ruberata Foxglove Pug, Eupithecia pulchellata Narrow-winged Pug, Eupithecia virgaureata Brindled Pug, Eupithecia abbreviata Oak-tree Pug, Eupithecia dodoneata V Pug, Chloroclystis v-ata Double-striped Pug, Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Welsh Wave, Venusia cambrica Early Tooth-striped, Trichopteryx carpinata Yellow-barred Brindle, Acasis viretata Clouded Border, Lomaspilis marginata Brown Silver Lines, Petrophora chlorosata Scorched Wing, Plagodis dolabraria Brimstone Moth, Opisthograptis luteolata Early Thorn, Selenia dentaria Scalloped Hazel, Odontopera bidentata Oak Beauty, Biston strataria Peppered Moth, Biston betularia Dotted Border, Agriopis marginaria Ringed Carpet, Cleora cinctaria Engrailed, Ectropis bistortata Square Spot, Paradarisa consonaria Common Wave, Cabera exanthemata Clouded Silver, Lomographa temerata Grey Scalloped Bar, Dyscia fagaria Poplar Hawkmoth, Laothoe populi Puss Moth, Cerura vinula Iron Prominent, Notodonta dromedarius Pebble Prominent, Notodonta ziczac Lesser Swallow Prominent, Pheosia gnoma Scarce Prominent, Odontosia carmelita Lunar Marbled Brown, Drymonia ruficornis Pale Tussock, Calliteara pudibunda Muslin Moth, Diaphora mendica Muslin Moth, Diaphora mendica Least Black Arches, Nola confusalis

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Noctuidae
Turnip Moth, Agrotis segetum Dark Sword-grass, Agrotis ipsilon Flame Shoulder, Ochropleura plecta Small Square Spot, Diarsia rubi Red Chestnut, Cerastis rubricosa Pale-shouldered Brocade, Lacanobia thalassina Glaucous Shears, Papestra biren Pine Beauty, Panolis flammea Small Quaker, Orthosia cruda Powdered Quaker, Orthosia gracilis Common Quaker, Orthosia cerasi Clouded Drab, Orthosia incerta Clouded Drab, Orthosia incerta Clouded Drab, Orthosia incerta Twin-spotted Quaker, Orthosia munda Hebrew Character, Orthosia gothica Pale Pinion, Lithophane hepatica Grey Shoulder-knot, Lithophane ornitopus Red Sword-grass, Xylena vetusta Early Grey, Xylocampa areola The Chestnut, Conistra vaccinii Knot Grass, Acronicta rumicis Angle Shades, Phlogophora meticulosa Marbled White Spot, Protodeltote pygarga Oak Nycteoline, Nycteola revayana Nut-tree Tussock, Colocasia coryli Silver Y, Autographa gamma Dark Spectacle, Abrostola triplasia The Spectacle, Abrostola tripartita The Herald, Scoliopteryx libatrix

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Micro-moths
Phyllonorycter maestingella Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella Ypsolopha ustella Elachista rufocinerea Agonopterix arenella Agonopterix ocellana Agonopterix umbellana Syndemis musculana Acleris ferrugana/notana Acleris ferrugana/notana Acleris hastiana Acleris hastiana Acleris hyemana Acleris literana Pammene giganteana Grapholita jungiella Twenty-plume Moth, Alucita hexadactyla Garden Pebble, Evergestis forficalis Pyrausta despicata Emmelina monodactyla Amblyptilia acanthadactyla

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