Cheshire Moths

This is a list of the 100 most seen moths in Cheshire. The list will be expanded more pictures and information in the future. To learn how this list was compiled or how to record your moth sighting visit our moth recording page.

	Vernacular	Taxon
	Silver Y	Autographa gamma
	Silver-ground Carpet	Xanthorhoe montanata
	Common Carpet	Epirrhoe alternata
	Cinnabar	Tyria jacobaeae
	Large Yellow Underwing	Noctua pronuba
	Common Marbled Carpet	Chloroclysta truncata
	Snout	Hypena proboscidalis
	Brimstone Moth	Opisthograptis luteolata
	Clouded Border	Lomaspilis marginata
	Common White Wave	Cabera pusaria
	Angle Shades	Phlogophora meticulosa
	Dark Arches	Apamea monoglypha
	Riband Wave	Idaea aversata
	Yellow-tail	Euproctis similis
	July Highflyer	Hydriomena furcata
	Shaded Broad-bar	Scotopteryx chenopodiata
	Square-spot Rustic	Xestia xanthographa
	Common Quaker	Orthosia cerasi
	Hebrew Character	Orthosia gothica
	Lesser Yellow Underwing	Noctua comes
	Light Emerald	Campaea margaritata
	Heart and Dart	Agrotis exclamationis
	Mottled Beauty	Alcis repandata
	Common Wave	Cabera exanthemata
	Dun-bar	Cosmia trapezina
	Middle-barred Minor	Oligia fasciuncula
	Smoky Wainscot	Mythimna impura
	Winter Moth	Operophtera brumata
	Brown Silver-line	Petrophora chlorosata
	Mottled Umber	Erannis defoliaria
	Willow Beauty	Peribatodes rhomboidaria
	Ingrailed Clay	Diarsia mendica
	Garden Carpet	Xanthorhoe fluctuata fluctuata
	Yellow Shell	Camptogramma bilineata
	Small Square-spot	Diarsia rubi
	Flame Shoulder	Ochropleura plecta
	Clay	Mythimna ferrago
	Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing	Noctua janthe
	White Ermine	Spilosoma lubricipeda
	Common Pug	Eupithecia vulgata
	Vapourer	Orgyia antiqua
	Small Fan-footed Wave	Idaea biselata
	Marbled Beauty	Cryphia domestica
	Straw Dot	Rivula sericealis
	Peppered Moth	Biston betularia
	Flame	Axylia putris
	Common Rustic agg.	Mesapamea secalis agg.
	Clouded Drab	Orthosia incerta
	Common Footman	Eilema lurideola
	Antler	Cerapteryx graminis
	Buff Ermine	Spilosoma luteum
	Poplar Hawk-moth	Laothoe populi
	Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet	Zygaena lonicerae
	Svensson's Copper Underwing	Amphipyra berbera svenssoni
	Ruby Tiger	Phragmatobia fuliginosa
	Flounced Rustic	Luperina testacea
	Early Grey	Xylocampa areola
	Single-dotted Wave	Idaea dimidiata
	Small Phoenix	Ecliptopera silaceata
	Bright-line Brown-eye	Lacanobia oleracea
	Small Quaker	Orthosia cruda
	Grey Pug	Eupithecia subfuscata
	Foxglove Pug	Eupithecia pulchellata
	Burnished Brass	Diachrysia chrysitis
	Engrailed	Ectropis bistortata
	Setaceous Hebrew Character	Xestia c-nigrum
	Double Square-spot	Xestia triangulum
	Chestnut	Conistra vaccinii
	Short-cloaked Moth	Nola cucullatella
	Dot Moth	Melanchra persicariae
	Small Angle Shades	Euplexia lucipara
	Scalloped Oak	Crocallis elinguaria
	Beautiful Golden Y	Autographa pulchrina
	Small Rivulet	Perizoma alchemillata
	Brindled Pug	Eupithecia abbreviata
	Double-striped Pug	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
	Rosy Rustic	Hydraecia micacea
	Barred Straw	Eulithis pyraliata
	Coxcomb Prominent	Ptilodon capucina
	Early Thorn	Selenia dentaria
	Plain Golden Y	Autographa jota
	Scalloped Hazel	Odontopera bidentata
	Canary-shouldered Thorn	Ennomos alniaria
	Spectacle	Abrostola tripartita
	Flame Carpet	Xanthorhoe designata
	Buff Arches	Habrosyne pyritoides
	Chinese Character	Cilix glaucata
	Bordered White	Bupalus piniaria
	Clouded Silver	Lomographa temerata
	Uncertain	Hoplodrina alsines
	Pebble Hook-tip	Drepana falcataria
	Dark / Grey Dagger	Acronicta psi agg.
	Ghost Moth	Hepialus humuli
	Latticed Heath	Chiasmia clathrata
	Swallow-tailed Moth	Ourapteryx sambucaria
	Common Heath	Ematurga atomaria
	Least Yellow Underwing	Noctua interjecta caliginosa
	Swallow Prominent	Pheosia tremula
	Iron Prominent	Notodonta dromedarius
	Lesser Swallow Prominent	Pheosia gnoma