List of moths of Great Britain (Noctuidae) facts for kids

Large yellow underwing showing hindwings that give it its name

The family Noctuidae is the largest family of macro-moths in Great Britain, where over 400 species occur:

Subfamily Noctuinae

Square-spot dart

Heart and dart

Flame shoulder

True lover's knot

Double square spot

Great brocade

• Euxoa obelisca grisea, square-spot dart — south, west & north-east (Nationally Scarce B)
• Euxoa tritici, white-line dart — throughout ‡* Euxoa nigricans, garden dart — throughout ‡* Euxoa cursoria, coast dart — east, west-central & north (Nationally Scarce B)
• Agrotis graslini, Woods's dart — recently (2001) discovered on Jersey
• Agrotis cinerea, light feathered rustic — south & central (Nationally Scarce B)
• Agrotis vestigialis, Archer's dart — throughout (localized)
• [Agrotis spinifera, Gregson's dart — one specimen supposedly from Isle of Man ]
• Agrotis segetum, turnip moth — throughout
• Agrotis clavis, heart and club — throughout
• Agrotis exclamationis, heart and dart — throughout
• Agrotis trux lunigera, crescent dart — south-west & west-central (localized)
• Agrotis ipsilon, dark sword-grass — immigrant
• Agrotis herzogi, Spalding's dart — rare immigrant
• Agrotis puta, shuttle-shaped dart

• Agrotis puta puta — south & central
• Agrotis puta insula — Isles of Scilly

• Agrotis ripae, sand dart — south, central & north-east (Nationally Scarce B)
• Agrotis crassa, great dart — immigrant (formerly resident)
• Agrotis deprivata — ?recent rare immigrant
• [Feltia subgothica, Gothic dart — one dubious record of this North American species]
• [Feltia subterranea, tawny shoulder — likely imported or misidentified]
• Axylia putris, flame — throughout
• Actebia praecox, Portland moth — immigrant (Nationally Scarce B)
• Actebia fennica, Eversmann's rustic — rare immigrant
• Ochropleura flammatra, black collar — rare immigrant
• Ochropleura plecta, flame shoulder — throughout
• Ochropleura leucogaster, Radford's flame shoulder — immigrant
• Standfussiana lucernea, northern rustic — south, west-central & north (localized)
• Rhyacia simulans, dotted rustic — throughout
• Rhyacia lucipeta, southern rustic — probable rare immigrant (one record)
• Noctua pronuba, large yellow underwing — throughout
• Noctua orbona, lunar yellow underwing — throughout (Nationally Scarce B)
• Noctua comes, lesser yellow underwing — throughout
• Noctua fimbriata, broad-bordered yellow underwing — throughout
• Noctua janthina, Langmaid's yellow underwing — probable rare immigrant or resident
• Noctua janthe, lesser broad-bordered yellow underwing — throughout
• Noctua interjecta caliginosa, least yellow underwing — south & central
• Spaelotis ravida, stout dart — south & east-central (localized)
• Graphiphora augur, double dart — throughout ‡* Eugraphe subrosea, rosy marsh moth — west-central (Red Data Book)
• Protolampra sobrina, cousin German — north (Nationally Scarce A)
• Eugnorisma glareosa, autumnal rustic — throughout ‡* Eugnorisma depuncta, plain clay — north, west-central & south-west (Nationally Scarce B)
• Lycophotia porphyrea, true lover's knot — throughout
• Peridroma saucia, pearly underwing — immigrant & possible transitory resident
• Diarsia mendica, ingrailed clay

• Diarsia mendica mendica — throughout
• Diarsia mendica orkneyensis — Orkney
• Diarsia mendica thulei — Shetland

• Diarsia dahlii, barred chestnut — north, west-central & south-east (localized)
• Diarsia brunnea, purple clay — throughout
• Diarsia rubi, small square-spot — throughout ‡* Diarsia florida, fen square-spot — east-central, west-central & north (localized)
• Xestia alpicola alpina, northern dart — north (Nationally Scarce A)
• Xestia c-nigrum, setaceous Hebrew character — throughout
• Xestia ditrapezium, triple-spotted clay — throughout (localized)
• Xestia triangulum, double square-spot —throughout
• Xestia ashworthii, Ashworth's rustic — west-central (Nationally Scarce A)
• Xestia baja, dotted clay — throughout
• Xestia rhomboidea, square-spotted clay — throughout (Nationally Scarce B)
• Xestia castanea, neglected rustic — throughout (localized) ‡* Xestia sexstrigata, six-striped rustic — throughout
• Xestia xanthographa, square-spot rustic — throughout
• Xestia agathina, heath rustic ‡:* Xestia agathina agathina — throughout (localized)

• Xestia agathina hebridicola — Hebrides

• Naenia typica, Gothic — throughout (localized)
• Eurois occulta, great brocade — immigrant (Nationally Scarce B)
• Anaplectoides prasina, green arches — throughout
• Cerastis rubricosa, red chestnut — throughout
• Cerastis leucographa, white-marked — south & central (localized)
• Mesogona acetosellae, pale stigma — rare immigrant

Subfamily Hadeninae

Shears

Lead-coloured drab

White-point

Flame wainscot

• Anarta myrtilli, beautiful yellow underwing — throughout
• Anarta cordigera, small dark yellow underwing — north-east (Nationally Scarce A) ‡
• Anarta melanopa, broad-bordered white underwing — north (Red Data Book)
• Discestra trifolii, nutmeg — throughout
• [Lacinipolia renigera, kidney-spotted minor — dubious old record]
• Lacinipolia laudabilis — ?recent rare immigrant
• Hada plebeja, shears — throughout
• Polia bombycina, pale shining brown — south (proposed Red Data Book)
• Polia trimaculosa, silvery arches — throughout (Nationally Scarce B)
• Polia nebulosa, grey arches — throughout
• Pachetra sagittigera britannica, feathered ear — south (presumed extinct)
• Sideridis albicolon, white colon — south, central & north-east (Nationally Scarce B)
• Heliophobus reticulata marginosa, bordered Gothic — south & east-central (proposed Red Data Book)
• Mamestra brassicae, cabbage moth — throughout
• Melanchra persicariae, dot moth — south, central & north ‡* Melanchra pisi, broom moth — throughout ‡* Lacanobia contigua, beautiful brocade — throughout (localized)
• Lacanobia w-latinum, light brocade — throughout (localized)
• Lacanobia thalassina, pale-shouldered brocade — throughout
• Lacanobia suasa, dog's tooth — south & central (localized)
• Lacanobia oleracea, bright-line brown-eye — throughout
• Lacanobia blenna, stranger — rare immigrant & temporary resident
• Papestra biren, glaucous shears — south-west, west-central & north (localized)
• Hecatera bicolorata, broad-barred white — throughout
• Hecatera dysodea, small ranunculus — south-east & south Wales
• Hadena rivularis, campion — throughout
• Hadena perplexa

• Hadena perplexa perplexa, tawny shears — south & central
• Hadena perplexa capsophila, pod lover — south-west, west-central, north-west & Isle of Man (localized)

• Hadena irregularis, viper's bugloss — presumed extinct
• Hadena luteago barrettii, Barrett's marbled coronet — south-west (Nationally Scarce B)
• Hadena compta, varied coronet — south-east, south & east-central
• Hadena confusa, marbled coronet — throughout (localized)
• Hadena albimacula, white spot — south (Red Data Book)
• Hadena bicruris, lychnis — throughout
• Hadena caesia mananii, grey — north-west & Isle of Man (Red Data Book)
• Eriopygodes imbecilla, Silurian — south-west (Red Data Book)
• Cerapteryx graminis, antler — throughout
• Tholera cespitis, hedge rustic — throughout ‡* Tholera decimalis, feathered Gothic — throughout ‡* Panolis flammea, pine beauty — throughout
• [Xanthopastis timais, Spanish moth — dubious specimen]
• [Brithys crini pancratii, Kew arches — probable import]
• Egira conspicillaris, silver cloud — south-west (Nationally Scarce A)
• Orthosia cruda, small Quaker — throughout
• Orthosia miniosa, blossom underwing — south & west-central (localized) & occasional immigrant
• Orthosia opima, northern drab — throughout (localized)
• Orthosia populeti, lead-coloured drab — throughout (localized)
• Orthosia gracilis, powdered Quaker — throughout ‡* Orthosia cerasi, common Quaker — throughout
• Orthosia incerta, clouded drab — throughout
• Orthosia munda, twin-spotted Quaker — south, central & north
• Orthosia gothica, Hebrew character — throughout
• Mythimna turca, double line — south-west & south-east (Nationally Scarce B)
• Mythimna conigera, brown-line bright eye — throughout
• Mythimna ferrago, clay — throughout
• Mythimna albipuncta, white-point — immigrant & recent colonist (south & south-east coasts)
• Mythimna vitellina, delicate — immigrant
• Mythimna pudorina, striped wainscot — south & central (localized)
• Mythimna straminea, southern wainscot — south & central (localized)
• Mythimna impura, smoky wainscot — throughout
• Mythimna pallens, common wainscot — throughout
• Mythimna favicolor, Mathew's wainscot — south & south-east (Nationally Scarce B)
• Mythimna litoralis, shore wainscot — south, central & north-east (Nationally Scarce B)
• Mythimna l-album, l-album wainscot — immigrant to south (Nationally Scarce B)
• Mythimna unipuncta, white-speck — immigrant & possible transitory resident
• Mythimna obsoleta, obscure wainscot — south, east-central & west-central (localized)
• Mythimna comma, shoulder-striped wainscot — throughout ‡* Mythimna putrescens, Devonshire wainscot — south-west (Nationally Scarce A)
• [Mythimna commoides — probable import or hoax]
• Mythimna loreyi, cosmopolitan — immigrant
• Mythimna flammea, flame wainscot — south-east & south (Nationally Scarce A)
• [Graphania dives, Maori — probable import]

Subfamily Cuculliinae

Toadflax brocade

Rannock sprawler

Early grey

Green-brindled crescent

Beautiful arches

• Cucullia absinthii, wormwood — south & central (Nationally Scarce B)
• [Cucullia argentea, green silver-spangled shark — two specimens of dubious origin]
• Cucullia artemisiae, scarce wormwood — rare immigrant
• Cucullia chamomillae, chamomile shark — south, central & north (localized)
• [Cucullia lactucae, lettuce shark — several dubious records]
• Cucullia umbratica, shark — throughout
• Cucullia asteris, star-wort — south & central (Nationally Scarce B)
• Cucullia gnaphalii occidentalis, cudweed — presumed extinct
• Shargacucullia lychnitis, striped lychnis — south (Nationally Scarce A)
• Shargacucullia scrophulariae, water betony — rare immigrant
• Shargacucullia verbasci, mullein — south & central
• [Shargacucullia prenanthis, false water betony — inclusion on British list presumed in error]
• [Shargacucullia caninae — single record of caterpillars]
• Calophasia lunula, toadflax brocade — south-east (Red Data Book)
• Calophasia platyptera, antirrhinum brocade — probable rare immigrant
• Brachylomia viminalis, minor shoulder-knot — throughout ‡* Leucochlaena oditis, beautiful Gothic — south (Red Data Book)
• Brachionycha sphinx, sprawler — south & central ‡* Brachionycha nubeculosa, Rannoch sprawler — north (Red Data Book)
• Dasypolia templi, brindled ochre — north, central & south-west (localized) ‡* Aporophyla australis pascuea, feathered brindle — south (Nationally Scarce B)
• Aporophyla lutulenta, deep-brown dart — south & central ‡* Aporophyla lueneburgensis, northern deep-brown dart — north & west-central
• Aporophyla nigra, black rustic — north, south, west-central & east-central
• Lithomoia solidaginis, golden-rod brindle — north & west-central (localized)
• [Scotochrosta pulla, ash shoulder-knot — probable fraud]
• [Copipanolis styracis, fawn sallow — probable import]
• Lithophane semibrunnea, tawny pinion — south (localized)
• Lithophane hepatica, pale pinion — south & central (localized)
• Lithophane ornitopus lactipennis, grey shoulder-knot — south & west-central
• Lithophane furcifera, conformist

• Lithophane furcifera furcifera — immigrant
• Lithophane furcifera suffusa — presumed extinct

• Lithophane consocia — probable rare immigrant
• Lithophane lamda, nonconformist — immigrant
• Lithophane leautieri hesperica, Blair's shoulder-knot — south & central
• Xylena vetusta, red sword-grass — north, west & south (localized)
• Xylena exsoleta, sword-grass — north & central (Nationally Scarce B)
• Xylocampa areola, early grey — throughout
• Meganephria bimaculosa, double-spot brocade — possible immigrant (otherwise import)
• Allophyes oxyacanthae, green-brindled crescent — throughout ‡* [Valeria oleagina, green-brindled dot — dubious record]
• Dryobota labecula, oak rustic — probably rare immigrant
• Dichonia aprilina, merveille du jour — throughout
• Dryobotodes eremita, brindled green — throughout
• Blepharita satura, beautiful arches — presumed extinct
• Blepharita adusta, dark brocade — throughout ‡* Blepharita solieri, bedrule brocade — rare immigrant
• Antitype chi, grey chi — north, central & south
• Trigonophora flammea, flame brocade — immigrant & transitory resident
• Polymixis flavicincta, large ranunculus — south & east-central (localized)
• Polymixis gemmea, cameo probable rare immigrant
• Polymixis xanthomista statices, black-banded — south-west (Nationally Scarce A)
• Polymixis lichenea, feathered ranunculus

• Polymixis lichenea lichenea — south & central (localized)
• Polymixis lichenea scillonea — Isles of Scilly

Subfamily Acronictinae

Chestnut

Scarce merveille du jour

Coronet

• Eupsilia transversa, satellite — throughout
• Jodia croceago, orange upperwing — formerly south (Red Data Book); now rare immigrant
• Conistra vaccinii, chestnut — throughout
• Conistra ligula, dark chestnut — south, central & north
• Conistra rubiginea, dotted chestnut — south-west & south (Nationally Scarce B)
• Conistra erythrocephala, red-headed chestnut — rare immigrant & transitory resident
• Agrochola circellaris, brick — throughout
• Agrochola lota, red-line Quaker — throughout
• Agrochola macilenta, yellow-line Quaker — throughout
• Agrochola haematidea, southern chestnut — south & south-east (Red Data Book)
• Agrochola helvola, flounced chestnut — throughout ‡* Agrochola litura, brown-spot pinion — throughout ‡* Agrochola lychnidis, beaded chestnut — south, central & north ‡* Atethmia centrago, centre-barred sallow — throughout ‡* Omphaloscelis lunosa, lunar underwing — throughout
• Xanthia citrago, orange sallow — throughout
• Xanthia aurago, barred sallow — south, central & north
• Xanthia togata, pink-barred sallow — throughout
• Xanthia icteritia, sallow — throughout ‡* Xanthia gilvago, dusky-lemon sallow — south, central & north (localized) ‡* Xanthia ocellaris, pale-lemon sallow — south-east (Nationally Scarce A)
• Moma alpium, scarce merveille du jour — south (Red Data Book)
• Acronicta megacephala, poplar grey — throughout
• Acronicta aceris, sycamore — south & east-central (localized)
• Acronicta leporina, miller — throughout
• Acronicta alni, alder moth — south & central (localized)
• [Acronicta cuspis, large dagger — unconfirmed record]
• Acronicta tridens, dark dagger — south, central & north
• Acronicta psi, grey dagger — throughout ‡* Acronicta strigosa, marsh dagger — rare immigrant (formerly resident)
• Acronicta menyanthidis, light knot grass

• Acronicta menyanthidis menyanthidis — north, west & east-central (localized)
• Acronicta menyanthidis scotica — north (localized)

• Acronicta auricoma, scarce dagger — rare immigrant (formerly resident)
• Acronicta euphorbiae myricae, sweet gale moth — north (Nationally Scarce A)
• Acronicta rumicis, knot grass — throughout ‡* Simyra albovenosa, reed dagger — south-east (Nationally Scarce B)
• Craniophora ligustri, coronet — throughout (localized)

Subfamily Bryophilinae

Marbled beauty

• Cryphia algae, tree-lichen beauty — immigrant
• Cryphia domestica, marbled beauty — throughout
• Cryphia raptricula, marbled grey — immigrant
• Cryphia muralis, marbled green — south (localized)

Subfamily Amphipyrinae

Old lady

Angle shades

Dun-bar

Dusky brocade

Marbled minor

Rosy rustic

Rustic

Vine's rustic

Pale mottled willow

• Amphipyra pyramidea, copper underwing — south, central & north
• Amphipyra berbera svenssoni, Svensson's copper underwing — south & central
• Amphipyra tragopoginis, mouse moth — throughout ‡* Mormo maura, old lady — throughout (localized)
• Dypterygia scabriuscula, bird's wing — south-east & west-central (localized)
• Rusina ferruginea, brown rustic — throughout
• Thalpophila matura, straw underwing — south, central & north
• Trachea atriplicis, orache moth — rare immigrant (formerly resident)
• Euplexia lucipara, small angle shades — throughout
• Phlogophora meticulosa, angle shades — throughout
• Actinotia polyodon, purple cloud — immigrant
• Actinotia hyperici, pale-shouldered cloud — rare immigrant
• Pseudenargia ulicis, Berber — probable rare immigrant (one record)
• Callopistria juventina, Latin — rare immigrant
• [Callopistria latreillei — one recorded caterpillar of uncertain origin]
• [Eucarta amethystina, Cumberland gem — unconfirmed record]
• Ipimorpha retusa, double kidney — south & central (localized)
• Ipimorpha subtusa, olive — south, central & north (localized)
• Enargia paleacea, angle-striped sallow — probable immigrant to central & north (Nationally Scarce B)
• Parastichtis suspecta, suspected — throughout
• Parastichtis ypsillon, dingy shears — south, central & north (localized)
• Dicycla oo, heart moth — south (Red Data Book)
• Cosmia affinis, lesser-spotted pinion — south & central (localized)
• Cosmia diffinis, white-spotted pinion — south & central (proposed Red Data Book)
• Cosmia trapezina, dun-bar — throughout
• Cosmia pyralina, lunar-spotted pinion — south & central (localized)
• Hyppa rectilinea, Saxon — north (Nationally Scarce B)
• Apamea monoglypha, dark arches — throughout
• Apamea lithoxylaea, light arches — throughout
• Apamea sublustris, reddish light arches — south & central (localized)
• Apamea zeta

• Apamea zeta assimilis, northern arches — north (Nationally Scarce A)
• Apamea zeta marmorata, exile — Shetland

• Apamea oblonga, crescent striped — south & central (Nationally Scarce B)
• Apamea crenata, clouded-bordered brindle — throughout
• Apamea epomidion, clouded brindle — south, central & north
• Apamea lateritia, scarce brindle — immigrant
• Apamea furva britannica, confused — north, west & south (localized)
• Apamea remissa, dusky brocade — throughout ‡* Apamea unanimis, small clouded brindle — south, central & north
• Apamea anceps, large nutmeg — south & central (localized) ‡* Apamea sordens, rustic shoulder-knot — throughout
• Apamea scolopacina, slender brindle — south & central
• Apamea ophiogramma, double lobed — throughout
• Eremobina pabulatricula, union rustic — extinct
• Oligia strigilis, marbled minor — throughout
• Oligia versicolor, rufous minor — south, central & north (localized)
• Oligia latruncula, tawny marbled minor — south, central & north
• Oligia fasciuncula, middle-barred minor — throughout
• Mesoligia furuncula, cloaked minor — throughout
• Mesoligia literosa, rosy minor — throughout ‡* Mesapamea secalis, common rustic — throughout
• Mesapamea didyma, lesser common rustic — throughout
• Mesapamea remmi, Remm's rustic — south & central (?north) — status as a valid species uncertain
• Photedes captiuncula expolita, least minor — central (Red Data Book)
• Photedes minima, small dotted buff — throughout
• Chortodes morrisii

• Chortodes morrisii morrisii, Morris's wainscot — south-west (Red Data Book)
• Chortodes morrisii bondii, Bond's wainscot — south-east (Red Data Book; probably extinct)

• Chortodes extrema, concolorous — south-east & east-central (Red Data Book) ‡
• Chortodes elymi, lyme grass — east (Nationally Scarce B)
• Chortodes fluxa, mere wainscot — east-central & south (Nationally Scarce B)
• Chortodes pygmina, small wainscot — throughout
• Chortodes brevilinea, Fenn's wainscot — east (Red Data Book) ‡
• Eremobia ochroleuca, dusky sallow — south & east-central
• Luperina testacea, flounced rustic — throughout
• Luperina nickerlii, sandhill rustic ‡

• Luperina nickerlii demuthi — south-east (Nationally Scarce A)
• Luperina nickerlii leechi — south-west (Red Data Book)
• Luperina nickerlii gueneei — west-central (Red Data Book)

• Luperina dumerilii, Dumeril's rustic — immigrant
• Luperina zollikoferi, scarce arches — immigrant
• Amphipoea lucens, large ear — south-west, west-central & north (localized)
• Amphipoea fucosa paludis, saltern ear — south, central & north-west (localized)
• Amphipoea crinanensis, crinan ear — west, central & north (localized)
• Amphipoea oculea, ear moth — throughout ‡* Hydraecia micacea, rosy rustic — throughout ‡* Hydraecia petasitis, butterbur — south, central & north (localized)
• Hydraecia osseola hucherardi, marsh mallow moth — south-east (Red Data Book)
• Gortyna flavago, frosted orange — throughout
• Gortyna borelii lunata, Fisher's estuarine moth — south-east (Red Data Book)
• Celaena haworthii, Haworth's minor — central, north & south (localized) †* Celaena leucostigma, crescent ‡:* Celaena leucostigma leucostigma — throughout (localized)

• Celaena leucostigma scotica — north (localized)

• Nonagria typhae, bulrush wainscot — throughout
• Archanara geminipuncta, twin-spotted wainscot — south & east-central (localized)
• Archanara dissoluta, brown-veined wainscot — south & central (localized)
• Archanara neurica, white-mantled wainscot — south-east (Red Data Book) ‡
• Archanara sparganii, Webb's wainscot — south, south-east & south-west (Nationally Scarce B)
• Archanara algae, rush wainscot — south-east & east-central (Red Data Book)
• Rhizedra lutosa, large wainscot — throughout ‡* Sedina buettneri, Blair's wainscot — south (Red Data Book)
• Arenostola phragmitidis, fen wainscot — south, east-central & west-central (localized)
• Oria musculosa, Brighton wainscot — south (proposed Red Data Book)
• Coenobia rufa, small rufous — south, central & north (localized)
• Charanyca trigrammica, treble lines — south & central
• Hoplodrina alsines, uncertain — throughout
• Hoplodrina blanda, rustic — throughout ‡* Hoplodrina superstes, powdered rustic — rare immigrant
• Hoplodrina ambigua, Vine's rustic — south & central
• Spodoptera exigua, small mottled willow — immigrant
• Spodoptera littoralis, Mediterranean brocade — probable rare immigrant & import
• [Spodoptera litura, Asian cotton leafworm — probable import]
• [Spodoptera eridania, southern armworm — probable import]
• Spodoptera cilium, dark mottled willow — rare immigrant
• Caradrina morpheus, mottled rustic — throughout ‡* Platyperigea kadenii, Clancy's rustic — rare immigrant
• Paradrina flavirena, Lorimer's rustic — probable rare immigrant
• Paradrina clavipalpis, pale mottled willow — throughout
• Perigea capensis, African — probable rare immigrant
• Chilodes maritimus, silky wainscot — south & central (localized)
• Athetis pallustris, marsh moth — east-central (Red Data Book)
• Proxenus hospes, Porter's rustic — rare immigrant
• Acosmetia caliginosa, reddish buff — south (Red Data Book)
• Stilbia anomala, anomalous — south, south-west, west & north (localized) ‡* Elaphria venustula, rosy marbled — south-east (Nationally Scarce B)

Subfamily Stiriinae

Small yellow underwing

• Synthymia fixa, goldwing — rare immigrant
• Panemeria tenebrata, small yellow underwing — south & central (localized)

Subfamily Heliothinae

Bordered sallow

• Periphanes delphinii, pease blossom — possible immigrant & import
• Pyrrhia umbra, bordered sallow — south, central & north-east (localized)
• Helicoverpa armigera, scarce bordered straw — immigrant
• Heliothis viriplaca, marbled clover — probable immigrant to south & east-central (Red Data Book)
• Heliothis maritima, shoulder-striped clover ‡

• Heliothis maritima warneckei — south (Red Data Book)
• Heliothis maritima bulgarica — rare immigrant

• Heliothis peltigera, bordered straw — immigrant
• Heliothis nubigera, eastern bordered straw — rare immigrant
• Schinia scutosa, spotted clover — immigrant

Subfamily Eustrotiinae

Marbled white spot

• Eublemma ostrina, purple marbled — immigrant
• Eublemma parva, small marbled — immigrant
• Eublemma minutata, scarce marbled — probable rare immigrant
• Protodeltote pygarga, marbled white spot — south & central
• Deltote deceptoria, pretty marbled — immigrant & transitory resident
• Deltote uncula, silver hook — south, central & north-west (localized)
• Deltote bankiana, silver barred — probable immigrant to south-east (Red Data Book)

Subfamily Acontiinae

• Emmelia trabealis, spotted sulphur — presumed extinct
• Acontia lucida, pale shoulder — immigrant
• [Acontia aprica, nun — probable import]
• [Acontia nitidula, Brixton beauty — one dubious record]

Subfamily Eariadinae

• Earias clorana, cream-bordered green pea — south & east-central (Nationally Scarce B)
• Earias biplaga, spiny bollworm — rare immigrant or import
• Earias insulana, Egyptian bollworm — probable rare immigrant & import
• [Earias vittella — imported by air on food produce]

Subfamily Chloephorinae

Scarce silver-lines

• Bena bicolorana, scarce silver-lines — south & central (localized)
• Pseudoips prasinana britannica, green silver-lines — throughout
• Nycteola revayana, oak nycteoline — throughout (localized)
• Nycteola asiatica, eastern nycteoline — probable rare immigrant
• Nycteola degenerana, sallow nycteoline — possible rare immigrant (otherwise import)
• [Pardasena virgulana, grey square — probable import (one record)]

Nut-tree tussock

Subfamily Pantheinae

• Colocasia coryli, nut-tree tussock — throughout
• [Charadra deridens, marbled tuffet — probable import]
• [Raphia frater, brother — probable import]

Subfamily Plusiinae

Burnished brass

Silver Y

• Chrysodeixis chalcites, golden twin-spot — immigrant & import
• Chrysodeixis acuta, Tunbridge Wells gem — rare immigrant
• Ctenoplusia limbirena, scar bank gem — immigrant
• Ctenoplusia accentifera, accent gem — probable rare immigrant
• Trichoplusia ni, ni moth — immigrant
• Trichoplusia vittata, streaked plusia — probable rare immigrant
• Thysanoplusia orichalcea, slender burnished brass — immigrant & import
• Diachrysia chrysitis, burnished brass — throughout
• Diachrysia chryson, scarce burnished brass — south & west-central (Nationally Scarce A)
• [Pseudoplusia includens, soybean looper — probable import]
• Macdunnoughia confusa, Dewick's plusia — immigrant
• Polychrysia moneta, golden plusia — south, central & north
• [Euchalcia variabilis, purple-shaded gem — probable import]
• Plusia festucae, gold spot — throughout
• Plusia putnami gracilis, Lempke's gold spot — central, north & south (localized)

Spectacle (head-on)

• Autographa gamma, silver Y — immigrant throughout
• Autographa pulchrina, beautiful golden Y — throughout
• Autographa jota, plain golden Y — throughout
• Autographa bractea, gold spangle — west, north & south
• Megalographa biloba, Stephens' gem — probable rare immigrant
• [Megalographa bimaculata, double-spotted spangle — single specimen of uncertain origin]
• Syngrapha interrogationis, scarce silver Y — central & north (localized)
• Cornutiplusia circumflexa, Essex Y — probable rare immigrant
• Abrostola triplasia, dark spectacle — throughout
• Abrostola tripartita, spectacle — throughout

Subfamily Catocalinae

Red underwing

• Catocala fraxini, Clifden nonpareil — immigrant & transitory resident
• Catocala nupta, red underwing — south & central
• Catocala electa, rosy underwing — rare immigrant
• Catocala promissa, light crimson underwing — south (Red Data Book)
• Catocala sponsa, dark crimson underwing — south (Red Data Book)
• Catocala nymphagoga, oak yellow underwing — probable rare immigrant
• Minucia lunaris, lunar double-stripe — immigrant & transitory resident
• Clytie illunaris, Trent double-stripe — possible rare immigrant (otherwise import)
• [Caenurgina crassiuscula, double-barred — probable import]
• [Mocis trifasciata, triple-barred — one specimen of dubious origin]
• Dysgonia algira, passenger — immigrant
• Prodotis stolida, geometrician — rare immigrant
• Callistege mi, Mother Shipton — south, central & north
• Euclidia glyphica, burnet companion — south & central

Subfamily Ophiderinae

Herald

• Catephria alchymista, alchymist — immigrant
• Tyta luctuosa, four-spotted — south, central & east (Nationally Scarce A)
• [Diphthera festiva — probable import]
• Lygephila pastinum, blackneck — south & central (localized)
• Lygephila craccae, scarce blackneck — south-west (Red Data Book)
• Tathorhynchus exsiccata, Levant blackneck — rare immigrant
• [Synedoida grandirena, great kidney — probable import]
• Scoliopteryx libatrix, herald — throughout
• Phytometra viridaria, small purple-barred — throughout (localized)
• Anomis sabulifera, angled gem — possible rare immigrant (otherwise import)

Straw dot

Subfamily Rivulinae

• Colobochyla salicalis, lesser belle — rare immigrant (formerly resident)
• Laspeyria flexula, beautiful hook-tip — south & west-central (localized)
• Rivula sericealis, straw dot — throughout
• Parascotia fuliginaria, waved black — probable immigrant
• [Orodesma apicina — probable import]

Subfamily Hypeninae

Snout

• Hypena crassalis, beautiful snout — south & west-central (localized)
• Hypena proboscidalis, snout — throughout
• Hypena obsitalis, Bloxworth snout — south-west (Red Data Book)
• Hypena obesalis, Paignton snout — rare immigrant
• Hypena rostralis, buttoned snout — south (Nationally Scarce B)
• [Plathypena scabra, black snout — probable import]

Subfamily Strepsimananiae

Pinion-streaked snout

• Schrankia taenialis, white-line snout — south (Nationally Scarce B)
• Schrankia intermedialis, autumnal snout — south-east — probable hybrid
• Schrankia costaestrigalis, pinion-streaked snout — south, central & north-west (localized)
• Hypenodes humidalis, marsh oblique-barred — throughout (Nationally Scarce B)
• [Idia aemula, waved tabby — two specimens of unknown origin]
• [Idia lubricalis, twin-striped tabby — two specimens of unknown origin]

Subfamily Herminiinae

Fan-foot

• Pechipogo strigilata, common fan-foot — south (Nationally Scarce A)
• Pechipogo plumigeralis, plumed fan-foot — rare immigrant
• Zanclognatha tarsipennalis, fan-foot — throughout
• Zanclognatha lunalis, jubilee fan-foot — rare immigrant
• Herminia tarsicrinalis, shaded fan-foot — south-east (Red Data Book)
• Zanclognatha zelleralis, dusky fan-foot — possible very rare immigrant
• Herminia grisealis, small fan-foot — throughout
• Macrochilo cribrumalis, dotted fan-foot — south-east (Nationally Scarce B)
• Paracolax tristalis, clay fan-foot — immigrant to south-east (Nationally Scarce A)
• Trisateles emortualis, olive crescent — south-east (Red Data Book)

Species listed in the 2007 UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) are indicated by a double-dagger symbol (‡)—species so listed for research purposes only are also indicated with an asterisk (‡*).