British Moths - Small
Small moths - mainly "micro" moths but some micro moths included on previous page and some macro
(eg Footmen) on this one.
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English common names shown where available; where not, scientific names shown.
White Plume
Beautiful Plume
Common Plume
Plume - Platyptilia
Spindle Ermine
Bird-cherry Ermine
Crimson Speckled
Scarce Footman
Common Footman
Dingy Footman
Buff Footman
Orange Footman
Rosy Footman
Nettle-tap
Mint Moth - Golden
Udea olivalis
Sitochroa verticalis
Rusty Dot Pearl
Indian Meal Moth
Meal Moth
Endotricha flammealis
Wax Moth
Bee Moth (m)
Bee Moth (f)
Hypsopygia glaucinalis
Green Longhorn Fairy
Green Longhorn Fairy
Yellow-barred Lh Fairy
Brown Grey
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia basistrigalis
Scopariinae sp.
Dipleurina lacustrata
Eudonia mercurella
Eudonia pallida
Common Grass Moth
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus perlella
Crambus silvella
Agriphila tristella
Agriphila geniculea
various crambid moths/
grass moths/
grass veneers
Agriphila inquinatella
Double-striped Pug
Foxglove Pug
Marsh Pug
V-pug
Green Pug
Mottled Pug
Grey Pug
Common Pug
other Pugs
Green Oak Roller
Carcina quercana
Pea Moth
Agapeta hamana
Sulphur Knapweed
Dark Strawberry Tortrix
Isotrias rectifasciana
Eudemis profundana
Chequered Fruit-tree T.
Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix
Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix
Lozotaenia fosterana
Lt Brown Apple Moth m
Lt Brown Apple Moth f
Rhomboid Tortrix
Maple Button
Acleris laterana
Acleris ferrugana
Acleris notana?
Aethes rubigana
Carnation Tortrix
Variegated Golden T.
Dichrorampha vancouverana
Eucosma cana
Clepsis consimilana
March Dagger
Timothy Tortrix
Plum Tortrix
Gypsonoma sociana
Epiblema cynosbatella
Epiblema sp.
Epiblema sp.
Apotomis betuletana
Pammene regiana
Pammene populana
Beech moth?
Aleimma loeflingiana
Ptycholoma lecheana
Grapholita jungiella
Grapholita internana
Bramble Shoot
Cochylimorpha straminea
Cyclamen Tortrix?
Hollyhock Seed
Sulphur Tubic
Variable Smudge
Water Veneer
Triaxomera parasitella
day-flying?
Mompha epilobiella
Mompha subbistrigella
Clothes Moth (Cmn)
Large Pale Clothes Moth
Case-bearing Clothes
Brown-dotted Clothes Moth
Brown House-moth
White-shouldered House
Elachista apicipunctella
Diamond-back
Calybites phasianipennella
Monopis obviella
Small Dingy Tubic
Drab Looper
Drab Looper
Eriocrania subpurpurella
Blastobasis adustella
Blastodacna hellerella
Syncopacma larseniella
Luquetia lobella
Epichnopterix plumella
Tachystola acroxantha
Horse Chestnut Leaf M.
Argyresthia goedartella
Phyllonorycter oxyacanth.
Bactra lancealana
Oegoconia quadripuncta
Coleophora hemerobiella
Case-bearer moths
various leaf miners
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Photos by Elizabeth Barrett unless stated otherwise on page