Location:     Ballylickey, Co.Cork     Barley Cove, Co.Cork     The Gearagh, Co.Cork     Killarney, Co.Kerry     Foynes, Co.Limerick

Moths recorded in Foynes, Aughinish and Curragh Chase, Co. Limerick, W Ireland

Moths, butterflies and dragonflies recorded with my grandchildren in Foynes and at Aughinish Island and Curragh Chase, Co. Limerick.
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Foynes, Co. Limerick
Riband Wave, Idaea aversata Riband Wave, Idaea aversata ab remutata Flame Carpet, Xanthorhoe designata Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet, Xanthorhoe ferrugata Silver-ground Carpet, Xanthorhoe montanata Garden Carpet, Xanthorhoe fluctuata Shaded Broad-bar, Scotopteryx chenopodiata Small Phoenix, Ecliptopera silaceata Common Marbled Carpet, Chloroclysta truncata Spruce Carpet, Therea britannica Green Carpet, Colostygia pectinataria July Highflyer, Hydriomena furcata Foxglove Pug, Eupithecia pulchellata Wormwood Pug, Eupithecia absinthiata Double-striped Pug, Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Clouded Border, Lomaspilis marginata Brimstone Moth, Opisthograptis luteolata Scalloped Hazel, Odontopera bidentata Scalloped Oak, Crocallis elinguaria Swallow-tailed Moth, Ourapteryx sambucaria Willow Beauty, Peribatodes rhomboidaria Mottled Beauty, Alcis repandata Brussels Lace, Cleorodes lichenaria The Engrailed, Ectropis bistortata Common Wave, Cabera exanthemata Poplar Hawkmoth, Laothoe populi Pebble Prominent, Notodonta ziczac Muslin Footman, Nudaria mundana Buff Footman, Eilema depressa White Ermine, Spilosoma lubricipeda Buff Ermine, Spilosoma luteum The Cinnabar, Tyria jacobaeae

Heart and Dart, Agrotis exclamationis The Flame, Axylia putris Flame Shoulder, Ochropleura plecta Large Yellow Underwing, Noctua pronuba Lesser Yellow Underwing, Noctua comes Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Noctua janthe Least Yellow Underwing, Noctua interjecta True Lover's Knot, Lycophotia porphyreaPurple Clay, Diarsia brunnea Small Square Spot, Diarsia rubi Double Square-spot, Xestia triangulum Dotted Clay, Xestia baja Square Spot Rustic, Xestia xanthographa Grey Arches, Polia nebulosa Cabbage Moth, Mamestra brassicae Dot Moth, Melanchra persicariae Bright-line Brown-eye, Lacanobia oleracea Smoky Wainscot, Mythimna impura Dark Arches, Apamea monoglypha Light Arches, Apamea lithoxylaea Marbled Minor agg, Oligia strigilis agg Middle-barred Minor, Oligia fasciuncula Cloaked Minor, Mesoligia furuncula Rosy Minor, Mesoligia literosa Common Rustic agg, Mesapamea secalis agg Marbled White Spot, Protodeltote pygarga Burnished Brass, Diachrysia chrysitis Silver Y, Autographa gamma Plain Golden Y, Autographa jota The Spectacle, Abrostola tripartita The Herald, Scoliopteryx libatrix Straw Dot, Rivula sericealis The Fan-foot, Zanclognatha tarsipennalis
Micro moths
Case-bearing Clothes Moth, Tinea pellionella Glyphipterix thrasonella Brown House Moth, Hofmannophila pseudospretella Bryotropha domestica Mompha langiella Mompha epilobiella Cochylis atricapitana Aphelia unitana Acleris laterana / comariana Celypha lacunana Ancylis badiana Twenty-plume Moth, Alucita hexadactyla Garden Grass-veneer, Chrysoteuchia culmella Agriphila straminella Agriphila tristella Scoparia subfusca Scoparia ambigualis Brown China Mark, Elophila nymphaeata Udea lutealis Udea prunalis Mother of Pearl, Pleuroptya ruralis Bee Moth, Aphomia sociella

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Aughinish and Curragh Chase, Co. Limerick
Six-spot Burnet, Zygaena filipendulae Six-spot Burnet, Zygaena filipendulae Shaded Broad-bar, Scotopteryx chenopodiata Common Carpet, Epirrhoe alternata Latticed Heath, Chiasmia clathrata The Cinnabar, Tyria jacobaeae Common Quaker, Orthosia cerasi Dark Arches, Apamea monoglypha Straw Dot, Rivula sericealis
Micro moths and leaf mines
Stigmella aurella (leaf mine) Stigmella auromarginella Q (leaf mine) Stigmella hemargyrella (leaf mine) Stigmella anomalella (leaf mine) Stigmella alnetella (leaf mine) Psychoides filicivora Bucculatrix maritima (leaf mine) Phyllonorycter rajella Phyllonorycter nicellii (leaf mine) Nettle-tap, Anthophila fabriciana Argyresthia retinella Depressaria daucella Parsnip Moth, Depressaria radiella Agonopterix alstromeriana Agonopterix pallorella Agonopterix pallorella Aproaerema anthyllidella Mompha epilobiella Cochylimorpha straminea Ancylis badiana Eucosma hohenwartiana Dichrorampha alpinana Crambus perlella Agriphila selasella Agriphila straminella Agriphila tristella Agriphila geniculea Brown China Mark, Elophila nymphaeata Beautiful China-mark, Nymphula nitidulata Small China-mark, Cataclysta lemnata

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Butterflies
Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta Small Tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae Peacock, Inachis io Silver-washed Fritillary, Argynnis paphae Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina Ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus

Dragonflies and Damselflies
Brown Hawker, Aeshna grandis Ruddy Darter, Sympetrum sanguineum Ruddy Darter, Sympetrum sanguineum Common Blue Damselfly, Enallagma cyathigerum Emerald Damselfly, Lestes sponsa

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Location:     Ballylickey, Co.Cork     Barley Cove, Co.Cork     The Gearagh, Co.Cork     Killarney, Co.Kerry     Foynes, Co.Limerick

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