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Moths to see now

The following moths and butterflies are all expected to be adult or out now. This list is based on the current week (Week 45) and includes adult/mature stages found at this time of year from our data in Essex (VC18 and 19). The most likely species come first - note that those at the end of the list may be unlikely!

Bradley No	Species	Group	Number of Records
70.244	Feathered Thorn Colotois pennaria	Lepidoptera: macromoths	336
73.065	Sprawler Asteroscopus sphinx	Lepidoptera: macromoths	270
73.190	Yellow-line Quaker Leptologia macilenta	Lepidoptera: macromoths	202
49.039	Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	188
70.095	Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata	Lepidoptera: macromoths	175
66.001	December Moth Poecilocampa populi	Lepidoptera: macromoths	166
59.023	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Lepidoptera: butterflies	154
70.107x BF1795x	November Moth agg. Epirrita dilutata agg.	Lepidoptera: macromoths	153
73.192	Brick Sunira circellaris	Lepidoptera: macromoths	145
73.015	Silver Y Autographa gamma	Lepidoptera: macromoths	136
73.194	Chestnut Conistra vaccinii	Lepidoptera: macromoths	99
70.256	Mottled Umber Erannis defoliaria	Lepidoptera: macromoths	92
63.031	Rusty-dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis	Lepidoptera: micromoths	78
73.068	Green-brindled Crescent Allophyes oxyacanthae	Lepidoptera: macromoths	78
73.189	Red-line Quaker Leptologia lota	Lepidoptera: macromoths	78
73.210	Satellite Eupsilia transversa	Lepidoptera: macromoths	75
18.001	Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	73
73.113	Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa	Lepidoptera: macromoths	72
70.107	November Moth Epirrita dilutata	Lepidoptera: macromoths	69
45.044	Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla	Lepidoptera: micromoths	61
73.195	Dark Chestnut Conistra ligula	Lepidoptera: macromoths	61
73.206	Blair's Shoulder-knot Lithophane leautieri	Lepidoptera: macromoths	58
73.319	Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum	Lepidoptera: macromoths	57
73.134	Large Wainscot Rhizedra lutosa	Lepidoptera: macromoths	56
73.224	Merveille du Jour Griposia aprilina	Lepidoptera: macromoths	54
73.342	Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba	Lepidoptera: macromoths	52
70.083	Cypress Carpet Thera cupressata	Lepidoptera: macromoths	50
41.003	Large Pale Masoner Blastobasis lacticolella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	49
70.106	Winter Moth Operophtera brumata	Lepidoptera: macromoths	41
70.097	Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata	Lepidoptera: macromoths	39
73.186	Beaded Chestnut Agrochola lychnidis	Lepidoptera: macromoths	39
73.345	Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes	Lepidoptera: macromoths	39
70.254	Scarce Umber Agriopis aurantiaria	Lepidoptera: macromoths	38
73.359	Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum	Lepidoptera: macromoths	33
70.141	Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Lepidoptera: macromoths	30
73.180	Barred Sallow Tiliacea aurago	Lepidoptera: macromoths	30
73.297	White-point Mythimna albipuncta	Lepidoptera: macromoths	29
49.069	Lead-coloured Tortrix Acleris sparsana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	28
73.327	Dark Sword-grass Agrotis ipsilon	Lepidoptera: macromoths	28
70.079	Spruce Carpet Thera britannica	Lepidoptera: macromoths	23
58.010	Clouded Yellow Colias croceus	Lepidoptera: butterflies	20
59.026	Peacock Aglais io	Lepidoptera: butterflies	20
70.195	Streak Chesias legatella	Lepidoptera: macromoths	20
73.202	Grey Shoulder-knot Lithophane ornitopus	Lepidoptera: macromoths	18
73.233	Black Rustic Aporophyla nigra	Lepidoptera: macromoths	18
28.024	Australian Orange-tip Tachystola acroxantha	Lepidoptera: micromoths	17
63.052	Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	17
49.083-4 BF1044x	Tawny Oak Tortrix agg. Acleris ferrugana/notana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	15
73.099	Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua	Lepidoptera: macromoths	14
15.040	Ilex Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter messaniella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	12
59.031	Comma Polygonia c-album	Lepidoptera: butterflies	12
29.002	Late Reveller Diurnea lipsiella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	11
45.010	Beautiful Plume Amblyptilia acanthadactyla	Lepidoptera: micromoths	11
49.073	Viburnum Tortrix Acleris schalleriana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	11
59.027	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Lepidoptera: butterflies	11
63.048	Olive-tree Pearl Palpita vitrealis	Lepidoptera: micromoths	11
63.119	Marbled Fern Musotima nitidalis	Lepidoptera: micromoths	11
70.047	Gem Nycterosea obstipata	Lepidoptera: macromoths	11
32.031	Hemlock Moth Agonopterix alstromeriana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	10
58.007	Small White Pieris rapae	Lepidoptera: butterflies	10
49.077	Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	9
61.012	Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus	Lepidoptera: butterflies	9
70.070	Mallow Larentia clavaria	Lepidoptera: macromoths	9
70.108	Pale November Moth Epirrita christyi	Lepidoptera: macromoths	9
73.325	Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta	Lepidoptera: macromoths	9
73.033	Figure of Eight Diloba caeruleocephala	Lepidoptera: macromoths	8
21.001	Apple Leaf-miner Lyonetia clerkella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	7
28.009	White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	7
35.123	Bittersweet Moth Scrobipalpa costella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	7
59.024	Painted Lady Vanessa cardui	Lepidoptera: butterflies	7
63.054	Box-tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis	Lepidoptera: micromoths	7
63.069	Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea	Lepidoptera: micromoths	7
70.109	Autumnal Moth Epirrita autumnata	Lepidoptera: macromoths	7
73.123	Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea	Lepidoptera: macromoths	7
10.001	Oak Blotch-miner Tischeria ekebladella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	6
59.003	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Lepidoptera: butterflies	6
73.223	Oak Rustic Dryobota labecula	Lepidoptera: macromoths	6
15.043	Common Thorn Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae	Lepidoptera: micromoths	5
15.053	Firethorn Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter leucographella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	5
15.078	Elm Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter tristrigella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	5
17.011	Varied Ochre Ypsolopha ustella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	5
32.018	Common Brindled Brown Agonopterix heracliana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	5
40.008	Garden Mompha Mompha subbistrigella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	5
48.001	Nettle-tap Anthophila fabriciana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	5
49.261	Tree-mallow Tortrix Crocidosema plebejana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	5
58.013	Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni	Lepidoptera: butterflies	5
70.077	Pine Carpet Pennithera firmata	Lepidoptera: macromoths	5
70.081	Grey Pine Carpet Thera obeliscata	Lepidoptera: macromoths	5
73.095	Pale Mottled Willow Caradrina clavipalpis	Lepidoptera: macromoths	5
04.045	Golden Dot Stigmella aurella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	4
04.090	Broken-barred Oak Dot Ectoedemia subbimaculella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	4
04.092	Coast Dot Ectoedemia erythrogenella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	4
15.006	Rufous Stilt Caloptilia rufipennella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	4
15.041	Plane Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter platani	Lepidoptera: micromoths	4
32.017	Brindled Buff Agonopterix arenella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	4
35.127	Tomato Leaf-miner Tuta absoluta	Lepidoptera: micromoths	4
49.070	Rhomboid Tortrix Acleris rhombana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	4
49.076	Tufted Tortrix Acleris cristana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	4
70.049	Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Lepidoptera: macromoths	4
70.082	Juniper Carpet Thera juniperata	Lepidoptera: macromoths	4
72.001	Herald Scoliopteryx libatrix	Lepidoptera: macromoths	4
73.093	Clancy's Rustic Caradrina kadenii	Lepidoptera: macromoths	4
73.162	Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha	Lepidoptera: macromoths	4
04.034	Small Beech Dot Stigmella tityrella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	3
04.042	Blue-shot Dot Stigmella plagicolella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	3
04.043	Beautiful Elm Dot Stigmella lemniscella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	3
04.085	Aspen Dot Ectoedemia argyropeza	Lepidoptera: micromoths	3
10.003	Bramble Blotch-miner Coptotriche marginea	Lepidoptera: micromoths	3
12.038	Yellow-backed Detritus Moth Monopis obviella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	3
12.039	Pale-backed Detritus Moth Monopis crocicapitella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	3
15.029	Hazel Parornix Parornix devoniella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	3
15.049	Blackthorn Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter spinicolella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	3
15.074	Shining Elm Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter schreberella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	3
15.089	Horse-chestnut Leaf-miner Cameraria ohridella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	3
34.009	Pellitory Beauty Cosmopterix pulchrimella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	3
49.080	Varied Tortrix Acleris hastiana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	3
49.083	Tawny Oak Tortrix Acleris ferrugana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	3
58.006	Large White Pieris brassicae	Lepidoptera: butterflies	3
70.038	Vestal Rhodometra sacraria	Lepidoptera: macromoths	3
70.258	Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Lepidoptera: macromoths	3
72.004	Buttoned Snout Hypena rostralis	Lepidoptera: macromoths	3
72.057	Plumed Fan-foot Pechipogo plumigeralis	Lepidoptera: macromoths	3
73.182	Sallow Cirrhia icteritia	Lepidoptera: macromoths	3
04.012	Maple Dot Stigmella aceris	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
04.015	Rose Dot Stigmella anomalella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
04.018	Barred Elm Dot Stigmella ulmivora	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
04.055	Beech Dot Stigmella hemargyrella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
04.058	Shoulder-spot Dot Stigmella basiguttella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
04.062	Chestnut Dot Stigmella samiatella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
15.005	Birch Stilt Caloptilia betulicola	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
15.028	Hawthorn Parornix Parornix anglicella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
15.039	Common Oak Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter quercifoliella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
15.081	Hazel Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter nicellii	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
15.085	Norway Maple Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter joannisi	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
15.090	Willow Maze-miner Phyllocnistis saligna	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
21.002	Blackthorn Blister Moth Lyonetia prunifoliella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
21.008	Pear Leaf Blister Moth Leucoptera malifoliella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
24.001	Bindweed Sleeper Bedellia somnulentella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
31.001	Oak Longhorn Carcina quercana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
41.002	Common Masoner Blastobasis adustella	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
44.001	Many-plumed Moth Alucita hexadactyla	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
49.038	Rufous Tortrix Clepsis consimilana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
49.075	Dark-streaked Button Acleris umbrana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
49.086	White Birch Tortrix Acleris logiana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
49.279	Common Cloaked Tortrix Gypsonoma dealbana	Lepidoptera: micromoths	2
69.005	Death's-head Hawk-moth Acherontia atropos	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
69.010	Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
70.008	Small Dusty Wave Idaea seriata	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
70.029	Blood-vein Timandra comae	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
72.002	Straw Dot Rivula sericealis	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
72.017	Vapourer Orgyia antiqua	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
72.024	Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
73.076	Scarce Bordered Straw Helicoverpa armigera	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
73.107	Old Lady Mormo maura	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
73.197	Dotted Chestnut Conistra rubiginea	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
73.225	Brindled Green Dryobotodes eremita	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
73.235	Feathered Ranunculus Polymixis lichenea	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
73.244	Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
73.300	L-album Wainscot Mythimna l-album	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
73.330	Radford's Flame Shoulder Ochropleura leucogaster	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2
74.009	Oak Nycteoline Nycteola revayana	Lepidoptera: macromoths	2