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Moths recorded in May 2011

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

Noctuidae      Micro-moths

Fox Moth, Macrothylacia rubi Emperor Moth, Saturnia pavonia Peach Blossom, Thyatira batis Little Emerald, Jodis lactearia Oblique Carpet, Orthonama vittata Flame Carpet, Xanthorhoe designata Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet, Xanthorhoe ferrugata Silver-ground Carpet, Xanthorhoe montanata Lead Belle, Scotopteryx mucronata Common Carpet, Epirrhoe alternata Water Carpet, Lampropteryx suffumata Purple Bar, Cosmorhoe ocellata Small Phoenix, Ecliptopera silaceata Red-green Carpet, Chloroclysta siterata Autumn Green Carpet, Chloroclysta miata Common Marbled Carpet, Chloroclysta truncata Grey Pine Carpet, Thera obeliscata Spruce Carpet, Therea britannica Broken-barred Carpet, Electrophaes corylata Green Carpet, Colostygia pectinataria Ruddy Highflyer, Hydriomena ruberata Satyr Pug, Eupithecia satyrata Common Pug, Eupithecia vulgata White-spotted Pug, Eupithecia tripunctaria Grey Pug Narrow-winged Pug, Eupithecia nanata Narrow-winged Pug, Eupithecia virgaureata Brindled Pug, Eupithecia abbreviata Oak-tree Pug, Eupithecia dodoneata V Pug, Chloroclystis v-ata Double-striped Pug, Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Yellow-barred Brindle, Acasis viretata Clouded Border, Lomaspilis marginata Peacock Moth, Macaria notata Brown Silver Lines, Petrophora chlorosata Brimstone Moth, Opisthograptis luteolata Scalloped Hazel, Odontopera bidentata Peppered Moth, Biston betularia The Engrailed, Ectropis bistortata Square Spot, Paradarisa consonaria Common White Wave, Cabera pusaria Common Wave, Cabera exanthemata Clouded Silver, Lomographa temerata Eyed Hawk-moth, Smerinthus ocellata Poplar Hawkmoth, Laothoe populi Elephant Hawk-moth, Deilephila elpenor Buff Tip, Phalera bucephala Puss Moth, Cerura vinula Lobster Moth, Stauropus fagi Iron Prominent, Notodonta dromedarius Pebble Prominent, Notodonta ziczac Lesser Swallow Prominent, Pheosia gnoma Scarce Prominent, Odontosia carmelita Pale Prominent, Pterostoma palpina Lunar Marbled Brown, Drymonia ruficornis Pale Tussock, Calliteara pudibunda White Ermine, Spilosoma lubricipeda Buff Ermine, Spilosoma luteum Muslin Moth, Diaphora mendica The Cinnabar, Tyria jacobaeae Least Black Arches, Nola confusalis

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Noctuidae
Flame Shoulder, Ochropleura plecta Small Square Spot, Diarsia rubi Red Chestnut, Cerastis rubricosa The Shears, Hada plebeja Beautiful Brocade, Lacanobia contigua Pale-shouldered Brocade, Lacanobia thalassina Broom Moth, Melanchra pisi The Campion, Hadena rivularis Common Quaker, Orthosia cerasi Clouded Drab, Orthosia incerta Hebrew Character, Orthosia gothica Pale Pinion, Lithophane hepatica Dark Brocade, Blepharita adusta Knot Grass, Acronicta rumicis Brown Rustic, Rusina ferruginea Clouded-bordered Brindle, Apamea crenata Clouded-bordered Brindle, Apamea crenata Marbled White Spot, Protodeltote pygarga Nut-tree Tussock, Colocasia coryli Nut-tree Tussock, Colocasia coryli Silver Y, Autographa gamma The Spectacle, Abrostola tripartita The Herald, Scoliopteryx libatrix Beautiful Snout, Hypena crassalis

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Micro-moths
Micropterix calthella Incurvaria masculella Nematopogon schwarziellus Caloptilia syringella Phyllonorycter maestingella Glyphipterix forsterella Glyphipterix thrasonella Coleophora sp Coleophora alticolella Elachista canapennella Brown House Moth, Hofmannophila pseudospretella White-shouldered House-moth, Endrosis sarcitrella Syndemis musculana Lozotaenia forsterana Capua vulgana Celypha lacunana Bactra furfurana Bactra lancealana Epiblema cynosbatella Cydia ulicetana Crambus lathoniellus Scoparia ambigualis Garden Pebble, Evergestis forficalis

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